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From: sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto)
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Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
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Date: 23 Jun 91 17:58:10 GMT
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In article <cyc> peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <lops> sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) writes:
>> I use a one button mouse on my mac and a three button mouse on a Sun.
>
>X windows has this basic, fundamental, design flaw for an end-user window
>system. It's fine for research, but the protocol is so low level and there
>were never any good standards set, so the use of buttons is utter chaos.

Agreed.  Could you refresh my memory about the standards for mouse
buttons on the Amiga?  One button brings up the menubar, right?  Er...
something like that.  I'd like to know how multiple button mice are
used on the Amiga, how consistent their use is across different
programs, and how you find it helps you in getting from point A to
point B.

-Sho
-- 
sho@physics.purdue.edu <<-- probably has it all wrong, having seen WB 2.0
                            only once in his life.