Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca!mroussel From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) Subject: Re: For those interested in GeoWorks... Message-ID: <1991Apr26.024716.29028@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto References: Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 02:47:16 GMT In article lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes: >GeoWorks looks and functions a lot like Windows. In fact it even has >the same keyboard shortcuts as Windows. I think this is smart. Windows >is very popular right now and people don't want to have to learn a >whole new system--so GeoWorks looks and functions better than Windows >(again, I haven't actually used 3.0, but from what I've read >and seen). This is a little misleading. Both GeoWorks and Windows 3.0 are Motif-compliant interfaces. It's therefore no surprise that they look the same: they were based on the same standard. As to the keyboard shortcuts, I honestly don't know if the Motif specification defines standard key combinations. Does anyone else know? Marc R. Roussel mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca