Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:4770 comp.sys.mac.system:7836 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!olivea!uunet!infonode!tappek From: tappek@infonode.ingr.com (J. Kurt Tappe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future) Message-ID: <1991Jun27.223307.29945@infonode.ingr.com> Date: 27 Jun 91 22:33:07 GMT References: <1991Jun25.160016.10433@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun26.200208.25581@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun26.230459.19455@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun27.005059.11450@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun27.033737.19606@neon.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL Lines: 29 philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) 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". Amen. And I think it's agreed on both sides that we're missing indicators to tell the user that there are screens or windows behind the ones we are viewing. I'd love to see this on BOTH the Amiga and Mac. On the mac, I often have large windows that completely cover small ones, and I hate to move them to get at the ones underneath because the Desktop saves the new position unless I put them back! On the Amiga, I often have 4-6 screens open at once, and there is no quick way to jump directly to a certain one without flipping thru all the others. Mods to both systems needed! :-) Kurt -- From daemon Tue Jun 25 21:07 CDT 1991 >From JKT100%PSUVM.PSU.EDU Tue Jun 25 21:06:55 1991 remote from infonode Return-Path: Received: from [128.118.56.2] by infonode.ingr.com (5.61/1.910401)