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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <4661.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 22 Jun 91 15:31:50 GMT
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Quoted from <13863@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> by aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sri Ramkrishna):
> In article <4618.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
> >
> >    When you're doing this, you need to have the proper icon
> >    representation, so you can position it in a pixel perfect manner.
> 
> What about using a keystroke in combination?  For instance, <amiga> and then

    Well, if you're going to use a key/mouse combo, then why not stick
    with the current shift-mouse thing for passing arguments to
    Workbench programs that we have now?

    If we're going to use a key for one operation or the other, I vote
    that we use it for selecting arguments. I don't want to have to hit
    a key to move an icon - if I had to, wouldn't that make the operation
    less "in sync" with other movement operations, such as dragging
    windows?

    With a 3-button mouse the options would be more open, of course.
    Does the Mac still get along with one? Perhaps we can use a code
    of mouse clicks - 3 long clicks means make the icon full size and
    make it stick to the mouse pointer in preparation for moving. :)

> 	Sri
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