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- From: sschaem@teleport.com (Stephan Schaem)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 09:16:33 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- David Corn (dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com) wrote:
- : On Tue, 19 Mar 96 21:36:22 GMT, Jonathan Belson
- : <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
-
- : >David Corn (dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com) wrote:
- : >
- : >: On a PC, the dir listings and updates are so much faster it isn't even
- : >: funny. One has to wonder what the Amiga's doing that takes it so long
- : >: with a few dozen (hundred is even slower) listings in a directory...
- : >
- : >This is because the directory information is spead over the disk rather
- : >than being stored in one place. It makes a 'dir' slower but it is much
- : >easier to recover files if your media corrupts.
- : >
- : >Use DC-FFS if it bothers you.
-
- : I see. That's not the problem in Workbench. In Workbench, if you
- : have a folder with 500 files in it, the drive spins for a moment, and
- : then it takes a good while to open a window and put all of the (listed
- : by name) icons in the folder. That has nothing to do with the FS
- : since the disk has long since finished...
-
- And the trouble dont start after the directory is read, viewwing the
- directory in a WB window is to say the least painfull. I love to have
- the list jump back, forward, back, forwar... just by clicking the down
- arrow :) looking at the window refresh is also amusing (If you have nothing
- better to do then use the WB).
-
- Stephan
-