Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!uther!mjr From: mjr@uther.calvin.edu (Matt Ranney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 20:50:50 GMT References: <5068@orbit.cts.com> <16647@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,<1308@cbmger.UUCP> <1991Jun7.064750.5770@news.iastate.edu> Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Lines: 19 taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: >> >>Well, I admit that the clipboard concept on the Amiga is not, err, >>very successfull. > That is a vast understatement! Even under AmigaOS 2.0, the clipboard >is terrible. It is not only broken, but practically non-existant. Most >Amiga users don't even know that the Amiga even has a clipboard, because >nothing supports it, even for text (let alone graphics!). Well, there's always snap. I use it all the time, but as much as I hate to say it, you're right. We need programs that take more advantage of the clipboard themselves, but how much of an OS shortcoming is that instead of a programming shortcoming? If the programs were written differently, how much different is the Amiga's current clipboard compared to the Macs? -- Matt Ranney -- mjr@uther.calvin.edu sendmail: error reading file /home/mjr/.signature (core dumped)