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From: peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.095521.29215@Sugar.NeoSoft.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
References: <4618.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <13863@men <1991Jun23.162103.12891@news.iastate.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 09:55:21 GMT

In article <1991Jun23.162103.12891@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>    No it doesn't, and this is a very big beef I have with Workbench 2.0.  
> With WB2.0, when you are copying files into drawers, the only way you can
> guarantee that the file will go where you want it to go is to open the 
> drawer and drop the icon into the drawer's window.

I have no idea what you're referring to here, unless you're suffering
from some physical disorder that makes it impossible to position the
mouse with a minimum degree of accuracy. I've never had a problem with
copying or moving files into drawers on *any* version of Workbench.

>    This is not intuitive.  It is also confusing, because hwo can the user
> see which icon the mouse pointer is currently 'over' if the icon being 
> dragged is covering up a bunch of the screen?  

So GET RID OF THE BLOODY BIG ICONS! You have IconEdit... use it!
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'   <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
                   'U`    "Have you hugged your wolf today?"