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- From: septh@club-internet.fr (Stephan Schreiber)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Say *perhaps* to fat binaries (was: what the new amiga-os *must* have)
- Date: 5 Apr 1996 02:16:34 GMT
- Organization: Grolier Interactive Europe
- Message-ID: <2867.6669T177T96@club-internet.fr>
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- On 03-Avr-96 23:17:01, Dr. Peter Kittel said about Re: Say *perhaps* to fat
- binaries (was: what the new amiga-os *must* have):
- > In article <4jfaib$jru@newsbf02.news.aol.com> cmarschn@aol.com (Cmarschn) wr
- >>
- >> 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.
-
- Well, IMHO this is true... but only in theory. In practice, it's nearly
- impossible for an unexpected requester to pop up "by surprise" just because
- requesters usually appear in response to a user action. So, if you've just
- been selecting a menu item or clicking on a gadget, you can't be
- simultaneoulsy typing some text in another application... Exec may be
- multatisking, but users are not.
- Of course, there's always the possibilty for the requester to appear after
- some delay, but the case is quite rare.
-
- > 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.
-
- Maybe a combination like right-Amiga-Return or left-Amiga-Esc is the solution?
- Nevertheless it looks much better than left-Amiga-C and left-Amiga-V.
-
- > 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.
-
- As I said before: users are *NOT* multitasking. That should not be forgotten,
- neither...
-
-