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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Snapshot (was Re: ENHANCEMENTS: C= Please consider this)
- Message-ID: <71771@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 19:48:33 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Bz9rHw.8Ls@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- <1992Dec14.155025.1357@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
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- >In article <Bz9rHw.8Ls@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu
- >(Sam Hulick) writes:
- >>
- >> 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.
- >
- >In your pull-down menus, you'll find a Snapshot command. Use it to your
-
- ...r you can use Left Amiga-S.
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- >heart's content.
-
- DUH. :-) That's the whole point. You shouldn't need to "snapshot" an icon.
- If you move it, the new position should be remembered automatically. I
- never move icons without wanting them to stay there. So why force you to
- crap.... er, I mean snapshot?
-
- >As for the "rest of the icon-based" systems, I can say that I *much* prefer th
- e
- >Amiga's snapshotting method over the Mac's (I have a Mac sitting on my desk at
- >work). I realize this is personal preference - my preference is that icons
- >shouldn't snap unless I tell them to, just like file edits aren't written to
- >disk unless I select a Save command. The Mac's method doesn't allow you to
- >undo your new view. If you accidently clean up a window or select view-by-nam
- e
- >instead of icon, you're sunk since there is no Undo for this operation.
-
- If there's a wide divergence in what people would like, perha[s a prefs
- setting for auto-save or snapshot.
-
- >--
- >
- >Ed Wilts, BC Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S
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- >EWilts@Galaxy.Gov.BC.CA Office: (604) 389-3430 Fax: (604) 389-3412
- >
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- -Joel
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