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- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Subject: Re: ENHANCEMENTS: C= Please consider this
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:11:26 GMT
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- In article <Bz9rHw.8Ls@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu
- (Sam Hulick) writes:
- >I'm surprised not a lot of people talk about changing AmigaDOS. [...]
- >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.
-
- That is a Workbench issue, not a DOS issue. Still, if your are used
- to a Mac and can stand having things left wherever you left them it
- might be handy sometimes. I wish I could extend the Amiga way to
- things outside the computer. If I could snapshot tools to my toolbox
- in the garage, the I would never have to wonder where I left my tools
- the last time I used 'em!
-
- >2) Window activation/depth.
-
- Everybody and his brother is going to tell you about ClickToFront
- and its kin. I don't like having alterations in window's behaviour
- lurking in the background, so I wrote a utility call PFG for Portable
- Front Gadget. It opens a window the size of a front gadget that
- you can drag around at will, and it tries to stay in front of other
- windows. Click on it, and the next window you activate will be
- brought to the front. You can ftp a copy from guitar.oit.unc.edu
- as the file pub/amiga/utilities/PFG.lzh. It may not be as slick
- as a commodity, but I suspect it is more visually understandable
- to the novice/casual user.
-
- > And of course, if any of the above problems can be fixed w/
- >some PD/ShareWare program, let me know! Thanks.
- --
- _/_/_/ _/ Todd_Lewis@unc.edu You can lead a horse to
- _/ _/ utoddl@guitar.oit.unc.edu Mohammad, but you can't make
- _/ _/_/_/ a mountain drink a mole hill.
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