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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some ideas for KS/WB 1.3
Keywords: Keywords??  Whazzat??
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Date: 28 Jan 88 21:58:53 GMT
References: <8801251900.AA00551@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <2512@swan.ulowell.edu> <2293@gryphon.CTS.COM>
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[Sorry John but this one really cracked me up, presented is an example of 
 why one should read their own postings before typeing 'send' or whatever]

In article <2293@gryphon.CTS.COM> (John Mesiavech) writes:
>     Include an AUTOFORMAT flag in the OS.  When this flag is set to 1,
>have the system automatically format the disk, if the Disk-Validator marks
>the disk as BAD.

Serious note here :  Yuck City! What if you stick the only copy of your
copy protected game into a drive (which is not a DOS disk because it
was designed to be Bootable) and the validator reformats for you? Poof!
And the novice user can only assume that since the system is offering to
help it must be the right thing to do. No, this is not a good idea in my
opinion.
 
>     Related ideas:  An EXPERT gadget in Preferences, that if it was clicked
>ON, would cause the system to never come up in Workbench, always in CLI.
>(Yes, yes, I know...just delete LoadWB from startup-sequence...remember, we're
>talking novices here)  This would allow for handier use of the system...

So why would a NOVICE click on the EXPERT gadget ? I say leave it as it is,
consider it one of the steps of enlightenment. When you can start the machine
and not have it go into workbench, then you will be ready grasshopper.
 
>Anyway, just some ideas, dust in the wind...Thought I'd toss 'em out, and
>see if anyone sneezed....8->

Ahhhhhhhh-Choooo!
:-) :-) :-)

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