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Subject: Re: True Multitasking, and some history lessons
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Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 17:48:18 EDT
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    >Sun just did a bad design (not even speaking of the so-called
    >user interface they give you. Yuck. Not even being able to type without
    >the mouse obscuring your window. Blech), and now they'll have to fix
    >it with concoctions like shared libraries...

This bit of misinformation needs to be corrected.  The particular complaint
above about the Sun interface requiring the mouse to be over a window in
order to type in that window is unfounded. This is a configuration option
under SunTools - the other option is called "click-to-type" [click anywhere
over a window to activate it] and it works quite nicely.

There are problems with Sun's user interface design, just as there are with
the Mac, the Amiga, and even the ST.  However, it is very usable and offers
a good compromise of "mousy" stuff [for the button-presser types], and 
keyboard-level control of the desktop [for the rodent-haters].  To those
who know [instead of speculate about] the system's assets and limits, it
is a terrific workstation.

							-neville

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