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- From: floh@mkmk.in-chemnitz.de (Andre Weissflog)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
- Message-ID: <ZGpey*iH0@mkmk.in-chemnitz.de>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 20:08:29 CET
- Reply-To: floh@mkmk.in-chemnitz.de
- References: <VX8dy*3H0@mkmk.in-chemnitz.de> <68771922@0humpty.tomate.tng.oche.de>
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- In article <68771922@0humpty.tomate.tng.oche.de>, Andreas Mixich writes:
-
- > floh@mkmk.in-chemnitz.de wrote about "Re: What I want from new Workbench" on
- > >
- > > Yes, but: playing sounds ? No. Those who want it can use a
- > > commodity.
- > > Managing Commodities is the job of Exchange, not WB.
- > > Managing public screens isn't the job of the WB either, IMHO.
- > >
- > > Just OPEN, CLOSE, QUIT, UPDATE, VIEW/SHOW_AS, COPY, DELETE,
- > > MOVE(!), and perhaps half a dozen other commands would suffice.
- >
- > Go, buy a VIC20 ! Why are some people satisifed with a minimum ? A
- > pubscreenmanager should be built right into the OS. I *HATE* to launch
- > extra CX just to get a fu*** pubscreen, where I can open some tools on it.
- > Sounds.....should be built into WB as well....
- >
-
- I think you're taking the WB for the OS. Yes, a pubscreen manager
- should come with the OS, no, it should not be a "workbench feature".
- Sound output should be somewhere on the same line as DisplayBeep()
- today, only some more variants, like "Attention", "Warn", "Job done",
- etc...
- That's all IMHO of course, and yes, I like minimalism :-)
-
-
- > > > 7. Impliment Datatypes more into the workbench so that programs like
- > > > deficons
- > > > would not be needed.Also this will cut back on executable code.All
- > > > object
- > > > loading should be done via datatypes.Perhaps object saving as well.
- > >
- > > How do you define 'object'?
- >
- > I guess he means application's data. (text, gfx, sound) All loading and
- > saving should not be built into the application but passed as "job" to the
- > OS, which gets messages like: SAVE mydata AS JPEG. Thus, DPaint VI could
- > save STU images (although this format does not exist,yet ;-))
- >
-
- That sounds good.
-
- [about cut-copy-paste]
- > What is religious here ? Should be built into the OS.
- >
- The religious point is what approach makes more sense,
- let the application control all cut-copy-paste, or use
- a global approach like PowerSnap.
-
- > > > 11. A format command that works (how lame!)
- > >
- > > What's wrong with the current one?
- >
- > Try to use it from the Shell.....
- >
-
- format drive df0: name yppsn noicons
-
- Hmm, I still don't get the point I'm afraid...
-
- > > 5) Make the ASL requester a Workbench Window object
- > > and vice versa (so, whenever an ASL requester
- > > is opened, basically a new Workbench is launched,
- > > possibly in "One Window Mode", and with "Listview Mode"
- > > turned on. The default mode attributes for ASL-WB-Windows
- > > should be preferences settings.
- > > That way, delete, makedir, rename etc... would
- > > be automatically supported in ASL requesters
- > > (as well as icon view if wanted).
- >
- > You mean something like the DOPUS5 listers ?
- >
-
- Haven't seen Dopus5...
-
- My point is, the purposes of Workbench and ASL requesters
- are 80% identical, navigating the file system, so why
- totaly different approaches to achive the same?
-
- Bye,
- -Floh.
-
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