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From: gourdol@imag.imag.fr (Gourdol Arnaud)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 2 Apr 91 22:45:57 GMT
References: <1991Mar26.063111.3133@cs.uoregon.edu> <1991Mar27.061300.7636@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <ROBERTK.91Apr1171818@lotatg.lotus.com>
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In article <ROBERTK.91Apr1171818@lotatg.lotus.com> robertk@lotatg.lotus.com (Robert Krajewski) writes:
>Actually, the way the Mac actually implements the equivalent functions
>is gross: it involves faking out a *dialog box call* after searching
>down the application's menu for the File:Open item. On the other hand,
>at least there *is* a standard call to get a file on the Mac.

With System Seven, the Finder uses AppleEvents to tell applications
what documents to open or print, to ask them to quit or to tell
them they have just been launched (so that they can open a new untitled
document). This is much cleaner.

>As a developer, I find that Windows, especially Windows 3.0, has a
>somewhat more robust and clean API, especially in terms of memory
>management and dialog boxes.  (Some of the difference is surely due to
>the fact that Microsoft could learn from Apple's mistakes.)  On the
>other hand, the coolest stuff still appears on the Mac.  Many Windows
>programs betray DOS lineage: ugly or gratutious use of color, lack of
>direct-manipulation interfaces, and deviation from Windows/CUA user
>interface guidelines are much more common than in corresponding
>Mac applications.

I am not (by far!) a Windows expert, so my request is informative
only. I don't wan't to launch yet another Flame war:
in which way is the Memory management better on Windows. I find
the Mac model quite clean and powerful (except for this stupid story
of MultiFinder partitions maybe).
As for the dialog boxes, I can imagine quite easily how they can
be better on Windows :-) Could you however elaborate...


Arnaud.
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