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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)
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Date: 23 Jun 91 21:24:27 GMT
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taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:

>>  Well, on the Mac, the icon is dragged as a gray outline of the icon
>>shape.  So, the icon is transparent, and you can see exactly where the
>>mouse pointer is pointing. [i.e. you can see through behind the icon
>>that you're dragging].

>   This does not happen on an Amiga.  When you drag an icon, the actual
>image of the icon is dragged, and not an outline.  

  I guessed as much.  In most respects, you would say that dragging
an image of the icon is actually better, but I guess this is one case
where it works against you.

>This is why the idea of
>using the mouse pointer as the "hot spot" makes absolutely no sense at
>all.  

  Unless you somehow added a transparency feature, so you could see
through the icon's image to what was beneath it.  Sounds like a job
for the alpha channel!




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