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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The New IBM Wonder-Toys (really tileing vs stacking)
Message-ID: <304@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 15:56:17 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.304
Posted: Thu Apr 23 15:56:17 1987
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Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
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In article <556@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>Well to get to the point, I got the biggest laugh out of the
>Microsoft Windows demo, where they mentioned that in about a year,
>we'll be able to stack up our windows, rather than tile-ing them
>next to each other.-- Like, ummm, that's a real breakthrough.

Given sufficient screen area, I prefer the tile desktop.  On my Amiga at
home, I use stacking out of necessity.  On my Sun-3 at work I usually have
two or three 80 column wide windows open next to each other, in which I
do the majority of my work.  I like to be able to see everything at once
without resorting to moving things around.  Maybe this is partly because
I find the Sun window environment more awkward than the Amiga's.  It certainly
isn't because of "neatness", my physical desk is a lot more stacked than
tiled... :-) :-)

Guess its largely a matter of taste.  Anyone know of any studies on the
subject?

-Fred
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