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From: scot@amigash.UUCP (Scot L. Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Standard File Requesters
Message-ID: <1026.AA1026@amigash>
Date: 15 May 89 23:57:33 GMT
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>From: golden@cps3xx.UUCP (golden james)
>Summary: I hate PhotoLab's Requestor
>Date: 3 May 89 08:44:49 GMT
>Reply-To: golden@cps3xx.UUCP (golden james)
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>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!) 

Everybody is entitled to an opinion.  Actually one of the features of the 
DPL requesters that I liked was the way they listed the volumes available.
That scheme appears to me to be more flexable than others which have
a limited number of gadgets.  Besides I have two hands and can peck out a V
or D very easily without taking my right hand off the mouse.  Besides DPL 
is very nice and sorts the files so that if you are looking for a paticular 
file you can scroll to it very quickly.

>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.)

You will still have to scroll thru large directories using DPII.

>
>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.  
> 

That's what makes life interesting!

>                                    Mike Golden
> 
>                                 Physiology Undergraduate


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