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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: DOS & MS-windows Vs. Unix & X experience + MS-windows Flame
Keywords: MS-windows, DOS, Unix, X
Message-ID: <2824@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 88 17:40:22 GMT
References: <10799@apple.Apple.Com> <91@dcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <91@dcs.UUCP> wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes:
>In article <10799@apple.Apple.Com> jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) writes:
> >POOR DIALOGUE BOXES.  There are a million (ok maybe only 20 or 30) dialogue
> >boxes that keep poping up to ask "ARE YOU SURE?" and so on.  This would not
> >be so much of a pain if the box was positioned correctly so that the default
> >button (the one highlited and clicked by hitting the enter key) was
> >positioned under the mouse.
> 
>	 Of course, the MAC's "OK" button does not automatically pop up
>	 positioned under the mouse pointer either :-) ...

     No but it does allow you to press the return key so you don't have
to use the mouse at all.

> >my mimimal Mac experience seems to indicate that Mac/OS has
> >some of the same problems).
> 
>	Bingo!

   It depends on what you're used to.  What the above articles express
as problems I happen to like.  After using X-Windows for a while I feel
I could make the same statment about X-Windows.

   So lets compromise.  We'll not call them problems, but we'll call them
differences that the user may or may not like.

-- 
David M. O'Rourke

Disclaimer: I don't represent the school.  All opinions are mine!