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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: Say *perhaps* to fat binaries (was: what the new amiga-os *must* have)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Reply-To: peterk@combo.ganesha.com
- References: <4jfaib$jru@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
- Message-ID: <peterk.0mei@combo.ganesha.com>
- Date: 3 Apr 96 22:17:01 MEZ
- Organization: Private Site
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- In article <4jfaib$jru@newsbf02.news.aol.com> cmarschn@aol.com (Cmarschn) writes:
- >
- > I'm still using
- >the Norton Commander (much better than any Windows File Manager) and
- >QEdit, both much faster than I do in graphical environments today.
- >>
- >>No, the Amiga had them since time immemorial. *WE* are not stuck with
- >string
- >
- >*WHERE*? Proove!
- >
- >>gadgets that close your window when you press return (as happens far too
- >>often in Windows applications).
- >
- >No, *we* often have to type in a text, then change to mouse and look for
- >the OK gadget, just because some stupid programmers can't set the OK to
- >return or tab-cycle to it.
-
- Those programmers are bright! You see, this exactly shows the difference
- between a multitasking platform and a monotasking one. On a monotasking
- one, you can get through with using Return for acknowleging dialog boxes.
- On a multitasking system, this would be dangerous and fatal! Just imagine
- that application being about to open that requester is running in the
- background, and you are currently typing some text in another window.
- You are just about to bang on the Return key. Exactly in this moment
- that requester pops up, brings itself to the foreground and thus directs
- inputs to itself. You can't react as fast and really press Return.
- The requester assumes you really meant Return for the requester and it
- happily accepts your "decision". But you did not decide, you just wanted
- to type Return in some other text. And if that requester now asked for
- example "Something not found, shall I format the drive?", then it goes
- BANG.
-
- No, Return or Esc or whatever comes to mind is not, repeat *NOT*, an
- appropriate key mapping for answering requesters per default, on a
- multitasking platform. The AmigaOS programmers did it right.
-
- When you obviously are only accustomed to monotasking environments,
- please first learn a bit more about the circumstances to be considered
- on a Real Multitasking Platform.
-
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- Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // Visit http://www.amiga.de
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