Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:4656 comp.sys.mac.system:7777 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future) Message-ID: <1991Jun26.200208.25581@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 26 Jun 91 20:02:08 GMT References: ,<1991Jun25.160016.10433@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu In article <1991Jun25.160016.10433@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, rjc@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: >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. :) [explanation of Amiga "screens" deleted...] Well, I won't argue Amiga vs. Mac. I have an SE/30, my fiancee has an A500. I've been spending more time on the A500 for the past few days, since we bought Lemmings over the weekend. 8-D (How does one make an insane smiley?) But I don't think that the "screens" are very intuitive. Once you figure them out, they're great - it's nice to have three layered screens, 2 dedicated to full-screen apps, and the other dedicated to WorkBench and some windowing apps. However, the screens aren't quite obvious. Clicking on the menu bar with the left button and dragging it down to show the screen behind just isn't one of those things that come to you - especially when there is no visual indicator to show that there -is- a screen behind. Perhaps, with some kind of notifier that there is a layered screen, it could be more intuitive. As for the "intelligence" shot, well, it was smileyed, so I won't bother spouting the old-time Mac Religion. Save us both, eh? --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!" - Daffy Duck, "Rabbit Seasonings"