Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:4541 comp.sys.mac.system:7715 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future) Message-ID: <1991Jun25.160016.10433@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 16:00:16 GMT References: Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: The Internet Lines: 41 In article chuck@brain.uucp writes: > >In article <43643@cup.portal.com>, morris-ng@cup.portal.com (Yuklung Morris Ng) writes: >> Oh, Amiga DOES NOT need a lot of desktop space compared to Mac, as we have >> screens, which a lot of Mac users still not quite understand... >> > >Well, that shows what a wonderfully intuitve box the Amiga is, doesn't it? No, I think it show the kind of intelligence the average Mac user has, and the kind of people the machine is targeted at. :) But, as an explanation. The Amiga has Windows (which the Mac user will recognize.) and in addition to windows, the Amiga has a notion of "viewports" (the user need not know about this) Viewports allow the Amiga programmer to open multiple resolutions on the same monitor all at once. So if he wanted, the top of the screen could be a hires control panel and the bottom part of the display could be a lores, but higher amount of color area. Viewports also allow the Amiga programmer to reuse sprites. Intuition, the Amiga GUI manager, uses ViewPorts to build Screens. Screens are sort of multiple desktop areas. For instance, I could have a 640x480 4 color "Workbench" screen (analogous to Finder) and on another Screen I could have a HAM mode paint program. I can switch between these screens as easily as windows and I can drag them around. The advantage is, I can run my desktop in a 4 color 3d type screen (fast) and run the paint program on a slower screen more colorful screen. It also results in faster rendering since there would be no overlapping windows if the application used its own screen. >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu >BIAP Systems UUCP: ...!buster!brain!chuck >"Your silly quote here." AppleLink: D1683 MacNet: shotton -- / INET:rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu * // The opinions expressed here do not \ | INET:r_cromwe@upr2.clu.net | \X/ in any way reflect the views of my self.| \ UUCP:uunet!tnc!m0023 * /