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- From: jmrg9881@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Reid)
- Subject: Re: ENHANCEMENTS: C= Please consider this
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:43:19 GMT
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- shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
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- >1) Snapshotting. It would be much better if the DOS would remember
- >where you put things, like the rest of the icon-based DOS's do. To
- >quote a friend of mine, "Snapshot my ass."
-
- I disagree. When I move a window, it's usually a temporary matter, and I
- want it to reappear where I deliberately told it to go. I guess it would
- be best if it were configurable, so that people could have it both ways.
-
- >2) Window activation/depth. If windowA is behind windowB, and windowA's
- >depth gadget is obstructed, it's kind of a hassle to move them around so
- >you can change A's depth. Yes, it's lazy. :) It would be great if all
- >you had to do was click on windowA's titlebar to activate it and bring
- >it to the very front.
-
- Here too, I have found advantages in the existing system. It is not
- unusual for me to want a window activated but *not* have it be the front
- window. Am I just weird?
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- Jon Reid j-reid@uiuc.edu GEnie: THE.REIDS
- "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
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