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From: flaig@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Charles M. Flaig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Video displays.
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Date: 22 Apr 88 21:34:17 GMT
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In article <890@sandino.quintus.UUCP> pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes:
>In article <6210@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, flaig@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Charles M. Flaig) writes:
>> The times you need color is when you are playing games, working on anima-
>> tions, or presenting information (such as maps) where color provides impor-
>> tant information.
>>
>> Arguments (no flames) welcome.
>
>Ok, an argument.  Color allows the presentation of more information in
>the same space.  For example, wouldn't it sometimes be nice, when you
>edit C code, to see which things are macros and which are procedures?
>Or to see which calls are to library procedures?  Or to see which calls
>are to functions defined in THIS file?  Or for comments to stand out?

[lines deleted listing other ways to use color to highlight text]

Now, I agree with you that it is often usefull to have things highlighted,
but that is what flashing, underlining, and shading do very well too, and
all of these work just as well on the high resolution monochrome monitor I
mentioned.  I personally dislike colored text (flashing too :-), and suspect
that most people agree with me since we don't have such things now even with
a color monitor for an Amiga.  If they were usefull, someone would have done
them, and if someone does them and they catch on, I'll update my views.

>And besides, color is prettier to look at!

Again, I think colored text is garish.  But color pictures are wonderful.

>Now, should I start arguing for high resolution, or do you see how
>useful that is?

It was actually the combination of *high resolution* and *color* that I
was discussing.  I agree that each is necessary *separately* but we don't
have the CPU to make good use of them *together* (except for some CAD) so
why waste the money and memory?

Any other ideas?

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