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- From: cmarschn@aol.com (Cmarschn)
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- Subject: Re: Say *perhaps* to fat binaries (was: what the new amiga-os *must* have)
- Date: 5 Apr 1996 06:24:14 -0500
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- Im Artikel <peterk.0mei@combo.ganesha.com>, peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr.
- Peter Kittel) schreibt:
-
- (sorry for that long quote...)
- >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.
-
- <rofl> oh... I haven't had such a problem yet... maybe I format too few
- disks? </rofl>
-
- >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.
-
- I don't think the luxation RAmiga O of some requesters (ASL I think) is
- any better... and even worse, it's not translated in foreign languages...
- Example: The German
- version of the ASL requester uses RAmiga C for "Abbrechen". ;) I don't
- know if
- that has changed in 3.0+...
-
- >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.
-
- Oh... sorry... the Amiga is the only multitasking platform available... I
- forgot...
-
- >Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // Visit http://www.amiga.de
-
- cu
-
- Clemens
-
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