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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WorkBench 1.3 BUG!
Message-ID: <1165@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 88 02:09:54 GMT
References: <521@jc3b21.UUCP>
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <521@jc3b21.UUCP>, by fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe):
> From article <5031@garfield.MUN.EDU>, by joseph@garfield.MUN.EDU (Joseph Dawson):
>> Other things that should be in 1.4 LOADWB.  When you are in 640X400
>> make my ICONS LONGER!  
> 
>      Nah, don't make the icons longer.  I like being able to get twice as
> many icons on the side of the screen as I can in non-interlace mode.
> Besides, once you get used to an interlace Workbench screen those long
> skinny icons look funny.  

I agree, more space is why I like interlace and my flickerFixer. 

So how about a compromise? Instead of automagically doubling the length
of the icons when in interlace, cut their width in half. You get
"proper" proportions for your icon images, and you get twice the number
of icons on the screen.

But as Fabbian said, you get used to the way it looks (though I was
surprised to see that our user group disk icon is a square, not a
rectangle! :-), so it's not worth "fixing".



How about a _real_ serious bug in the 1.3 Workbench?

In 1.2 it says "Workbench release 1.2." in the Workbench title bar.

In 1.3 it says "Workbench release." in the title bar.

I'm glad that I've got a "released" Workbench, but which one have I got?
Does my Workbench have an identity crisis? Was it really released, or
did it escape from West Chester while nobody was looking? Perhaps I've
got an undercover copy of Workbench 1.4 that's trying to conceal its
identity? "The Unknown Workbench"?

But most importantly of all, when is Commodore going to issue a bug fix
for this terrible deficiency?


PS, just in case anyone else is suffering from a lack of sleep:

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

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