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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
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Date: 22 Jun 91 19:21:56 GMT
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From article <1991Jun22.173103.6857@neon.Stanford.EDU>, by torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie):
> 
>   You should have looked at MPW.  If you had, you'd be croaking now.

I did.  And I thought I said a GOOD shell.  MPW sucks.

>   What features did you use to use in the shell, that you can now use
> in WorkBench?

Better question would be:  What features DON'T I use.  And now between
running things concurrently with Arexx as the middleman, I wouldn't
want to go back to my mac stuff.  I have several programs for my
FidoNet system which do nothing except for sit and wait for arexx
messages...  It works.

>   Well, the Finder will limit you in the sense that it doesn't
> auto-highlight the destination application, unless that application
> is known to be able to process that type of file (via an FREF resource).
>   Like I said before, ResEdit and DiskDoubler add a 7 byte wildcard
> resource '****', which means you can drop ANY file.

How many users know to just use resedit to change the resource so that
all files can be "dropped in"???  And would the program accept it???
Both unknowns.

And I figured out how to do something similar to the drag&drop.
Launch the application, and the application opens a window on the
workbench somewhat like the "appserver" program...  drop an icon in,
and it's loaded into your WP/etc...  on another screen.  Therefore
overcoming the can't-drag-over-onto-other-screen problem.

>   Everything's B&W with you, isn't it?  Perhaps there's some medley in 
> the middle.

That's like striving to be average instead of excellent, isn't it?
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