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From: aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sri-Man)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <13824@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 21:44:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.123525.1485@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Jun18.165401.26383@ifi.unizh.ch> <1991Jun19.154113.28723@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun19.224736.15828@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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In article <1991Jun19.224736.15828@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>>
>>   The problem is that on the Amiga, icons can be (and very often are)
>>quite large.  Icons larger than about 30x30 (a typical, usable size on

>the whole screen! It might look pretty, but don't do it. Optionally
>a user can drag an offending icon into an IconEdit window and chop it up.

Why can't the operating system be smart enough to resize the icon when you 
move it?  When you start moving the icon then it should resize to some default
size and then you can drop it wherever its needed.  Sounds like a good 
compromise to those who want big icons and still be able to use the drop
feature.

	Sri
	aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu