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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
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In article <1991Jun27.033737.19606@neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes:
>In article <1991Jun27.005059.11450@neon.Stanford.EDU>, espie@ibis.Stanford.EDU (Marc Espie) writes:
>> and since we can't push windows off the screen (we could use that), 
>> this helps A LOT in uncluttering
>> your workspace. IMHO, this is even better in most cases. It takes me much less
>> time to flip through several screens than to rearrange window 
>> their own screens.
>For once, a Mac vs Amiga discussion is not turning into another
>silly "my computer is better than yours war". Other than the
>feature of being able to have different video attributes on
>each screen, is this really so much different from the Mac
>feature of being able to selectively hide applications (in
>System 7)?

  I dunno because I don't know how the hide feature works on the Mac.
On the Amiga, usually "hide" closes the current app screen/window
and changes it into an icon or titlebar that can be clicked on or
brought back via hotkey. Amiga Screens are not really hidden at
all since one can drag down the current screen and see whats behind it
(rendering may still be taking place). Sometimes when I am ray-tracing
or generating something I put the screen in the back and pull down
the front screen just enough to see how far the rendering has gone.
In AmigaDOS2.0 screens can be dragged horizontally as well as vertically, so
you can have very large virtual displays to scroll around it.
The best thing I like about multiple screens is it gives me more desktop
space and faster rendering. (when you have lots of windows open on the
same screen switching between windows is slowed because of all the clipping
being done.)

  When a Mac app is hidden, does it still run/render, and more importantly,
how long does it take for it to reopen it's display? If it has
to redraw everything, it may start to get annoying if you switch alot.


>-- 
>Philip Machanick
>philip@pescadero.stanford.edu


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