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From: phil@sci.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MicroSoft Windows
Message-ID: <2228@sci.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 11:24:08 EST
Article-I.D.: sci.2228
Posted: Mon Feb 23 11:24:08 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 04:41:40 EST
References: <75800026@uiucdcsp>
Organization: Silicon Compilers Inc., San Jose, Calif.
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Summary: comments on ms-windows

In article <75800026@uiucdcsp>, vanzandt@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> 	I'm interested in any comments concerning MicroSoft Windows. I
> just picked up a copy of Version 1.03 and it seems interesting. But, the
> documentation is a little shaky of PIF files. Would be interested in 
> stories about what files Windows works with, PIF setups for various files,
> and general comments...
> +=============================================================================+
 I've just recently started playing with ms-windows. I got it because 
Micrographix Windows Draw is the closest thing on the PC to Mac-Draw on the
Mac. Windows has a few good points and lots of bad ones. On the good side,
MS marketing is making it a standard so there are quite a few new programs
written especially for it. It nicely supports a mouse and provides a common
interface across applications. On the bad side, it definitely is not a Mac
paradigm - pull downs do not work as well as MAc for ease of use. The 
windows themselves are not very flexible in sizing and they tile - they do
not overlap! Windows is excruciatingly slow on anything less than a fast AT.
Handling of standard (non-windows) applications is poor and not reliable
(installing programs that use the full screen is supposed to let you jump
back and iconize them - this often works ONCE after the program is loaded
and then stops working).

Personally, for practical work I much prefer Deskview which is much faster
and has real windows and multitasking although it provides no real environment
support such as menues. Gem looks nice but i have no experience with it.

How about an exchange of views on DOS environments from all of you out
there who have experience with these programs?