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From: dlw@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Re: A/UX window systems, Mac tool...( Hum Interface) (calibration)
Message-ID: <13650002@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Mar 88 18:03:25 GMT
References: <6895@drutx.ATT.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Arrggggghhhh!

Since when do you SIMULTANEOUSLY do input into 2 or more windows???? I keep
reading you guys who edit in one window while running a compile in another
etc etc, yet you miss the point--I do the same thing now under MultiFinder. In
order to context switch under MultiFinder all I do is click on the window I
want to interact with (ie type input into or perform some new function), this
does not mean that something is not going on while I am in another window!

In order to context switch to another window under the X Window System, I have
to move the mouse into the window for it to be the active one.

So, the difference seems to be one of moving and clicking the mouse versus
moving the mouse. Now I'm sure the nanosecond police are going to say that
they save hundreds of man hours by not having to click the mouse, but it seems
a bit extreme to me!

As for the we don't need no steenking menu bars guys, there are several 
alternatives available on the mac. One called PopUp DA allows you to turn the
menu bar into *GASP* a POPUP menu which appears anywhere on the screen you
press the mouse/option key! Wow, I feel more with it already. : ) :)

I guess all you NeWs and Amiga guys have 5 keyboards,mice,monitors for the
5 pairs of eyes and arms on your alien bodies...;^)   

David "quietly Multitasking on my Mac II" Williams
Hewlett Packard - Software Development Technology Lab
"My other computer is a Mac +","Ack, Ooop","Captain, I detect incoming flames
 from comp.sys.amiga...Mister LaForge set sheilds to boring indifference"