Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng,net.nlang Subject: Re: long names and hardware... Message-ID: <3406@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 16:11:24 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3406 Posted: Wed Dec 7 16:11:24 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Dec-83 16:11:24 EST References: <6196@watmath.UUCP>, <507@dciem.UUCP>, <1490@utcsstat.UUCP>, <410@pyuxa.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 7 Being able to re-write the screen quickly with another application will not solve the problem of wanting to look at both *simultaneously*. The key point of windows is not flipping back and forth but being able to attend to multiple activities *without* flipping back and forth. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry