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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
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: <91@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 88 01:26:24 GMT
References: <10799@apple.Apple.Com>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
Lines: 43

In article <10799@apple.Apple.Com> jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) writes:
 >Comments on Micro Soft Windows 2.1
 >POOR COMMAND INTERACE. Yes it is graphical, but only in that DOS like
 >commands can be "typed" with the mouse.  i.e. to delete a file your
 >choices are:
 >   (long description deleted)
 >Now correct me if I am wrong (as if you all need encourgement :-) but that
 >does NOT seem shorter, or easier, or anything then just typeing "rm file"
 >and is certainly not as easy or intuitive as grabbing the file with the mouse
 >and hauling it off to the trash can.
 
	 Yes, but if they did use a trash can, Apple would have one more
	 reason to sue them :-) ...
 
 
 >POOR WINDOW MANAGEMENT.  One of the things I lke about the X uwm window
 >manager (although many feel otherwise) is the use of keyboard and
 >mouse combinations  e.g. to move a window I need only be in the window and
 >hit (with my .uwmrc file) ALT + right button to drag the window, ALT + middle
 >to change its size, etc.  All such items in MS-windows are based on being in
 >a particular spot on the window (in the border to change its size, in the
 >title to move it).
 
	 This is EXACTLY the way Apple invented it for the MAC, and presumably
	 is one of the issues in the lawsuit :-) ...
 
 >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 :-) ...
 
 >my mimimal Mac experience seems to indicate that Mac/OS has
 >some of the same problems).
 
	Bingo!
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