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- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- References: <1992Dec21.072519.15016@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1992Dec21.180723.23302@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec22.144719.29087@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m00@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 11:26:06 PST
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <1992Dec22.144719.29087@sbcs.sunysb.edu> by dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio):
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- > >No offense, but although screens are a cute feature, I prefer windowing
- > >systems, where each window can be dragged horizontally as well as vertically,
- > >and applications have consistent user interfaces and know how to talk to each
-
- > Funny, I can move both my windows and my screens both horizontally
- > and vertically. It is a windowing system, with multiple screens. The Mac has
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- Furthermore, OS/2 2.0 uses something similar to multiple screens,
- applications don't have consistent user interfaces, and nor do
- they all know how to talk to each other. So if we're ahead of the
- leading PC OS, we're not doing too badly.
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