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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Keywords: Future, Amiga, etc.
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.025704.27445@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 21 Jun 91 02:57:04 GMT
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rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:

>For instance, I can load executables into most Amiga text editors and
>patch them. 

  Of course, the "average" user is really going to want this feature :|

>I can load IFF files and edit the headers if I want. I would
>be really fustrated if the OS refused to let me drop ANY file into a 
>text editor.

  Just add a '****' wildcard resource to your text editor, and all
will be dandy.  
  In terms of the average users, I wager most people would be confused, 
and annoyed if they could drag anything onto any application, only 
to find out when the application launched that it says
"Sorry, I can't open this file".

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Evan Torrie.  Stanford University, Class of 199?       torrie@cs.stanford.edu   
Murphy's Law of Intelism:  Just when you thought Intel had done everything
possible to pervert the course of computer architecture, they bring out the 860