Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!marque!lakesys!mikes From: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Yet Another Entry In The 1.4 Wish List... Message-ID: <453@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 89 13:14:15 GMT References: <504@morgoth.UUCP> <3453@amiga.UUCP> <10942@well.UUCP> Reply-To: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 38 In article scotth@harlie.sgi.com (Scott Henry) writes: > >Up until a week ago, I had no real complaints (aside from wanting an >iconification gadget on the windows) about the way Intuition handles >handles window gadgets, sizing especially. However, I just saw something >that I think is just an incredible improvement over the sizing gadget in >the lower-right-hand corner: sizing gadgets in ALL FOUR CORNERS! Actually, this capability isn't all that new; at work, we have PC-type at work (yeah, I know, no flames, please!), and under version 2 of said package, not only do you have sizing gadgets on all 4 corners, but on the edges as well! Grabbing any of the resizing points and "pulling" will stretch the window (or contract it), much the same way as a typical object-oriented drawing package which gives you 8 "control points" would allow you to do. The penalty (if you want to call it that) of this approach is that the borders of any resizable window have a finite thickness, which is by default 5 pixels (you can change this thickness to suit your preferences via MS-Windows' Control Panel, which is analogous to our Preferences). This capability is nice to have, as Scott relates, as it eliminates the need to first move the window, then resize it, for most circumstances (although you may end up simply resizing the window twice!). Another couple of things that the MS-Windows interface has going for it is the ability to iconify (which they call minimizing window size), maximizing (which zooms a window to full screen size, which in turn "hides" the resizing gadgets, making it look sort of like a backdrop-type window), and also implementing double-click shortcuts for many of the above operations, depending on where you double-click. I should probably curtail any addition descriptions, lest it would appear that I am in some way "glorifying" the PC or one of its successful (and IMHO visually well executed) programs. If someone has any followup questions, you may want to email me directly, to avoid turning this message thread into an "Workbench vs. MS-Windows" war. > Scott Henry -- - Mike Shawaluk (mikes@lakesys.lakesys.com OR ...!uunet!marque!lakesys!mikes) "Where were you on the night of August 12?"