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From: golden@cps3xx.UUCP (golden james)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Standard File Requesters
Summary: I hate PhotoLab's Requestor
Message-ID: <2824@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 89 08:44:49 GMT
References: <0914.AA0914@amigash>
Reply-To: golden@cps3xx.UUCP (golden james)
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Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
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In article <0914.AA0914@amigash> scot@amigash.UUCP (Scot L. Harris) writes:
>I have not seen the Introcad requesters but the best I have seen are in
>Deluxe Photo Lab.  Very easy to use and the response is very good.
> 


I *must* disagree.  If I'm looking for a file that's deep in a directory
tree somewhere (on a hard disk for example,)  it can take considerable
time using PhotoLab's *novel* requestors.  To look on a different drive I
have to go to the bottom of a long list to the Volumes section.  Or I can
use the keyboard(!) and press 'V' (On a mouse based requestor? - come
on!) 

If the dirctory is really full it can take considerable time to search thru
since they only provided 5 lines for displaying files.  At least it
buffers the filenames (unlike PhotonPaintI) so that you don't have
have to wait for a directory load each time you use it.

I teach beginning Amiga classes at the dealer I work for, and honestly, 
the majority of students find DPaintII's requestors to be the
easiest to use (not to say that it couldn't use a little upgrading) and
Pixmate's to be the most confusing.  PhotoLab's requestors are very
painfull for me to use, since I'm quick with the mouse and don't want
to scroll through large directories. (For PhotoLab, >10-files is large.)

I wouldn't have jumped on you except that I specifically hate PhotoLab's
requestors-  I think they're a blister on an otherwise excptional
program.  
 


                                    Mike Golden
 
                                 Physiology Undergraduate