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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: <1992Dec21.230338.18835@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> <1992Dec22.153227.19928@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m02@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 11:32:03 PST
- Organization: TAP
- Lines: 38
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- Quoted from <1992Dec22.153227.19928@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> by jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel):
-
- > : Hmm. That would be a problem if screens were the only feature of the GUI.
- > : On the Amiga you have screens _and_ windows and wether programs have a
- > : consistent user interface or can talk to each other doesn't depend on
- > : being on an extra screen or not.
-
- > I disagree. Why is it, then, that Amiga programs *don't* have consistent
- > user interfaces? IMHO, screens are useful on the Amiga for two reasons.
-
- What worthwhile PC OS has programs with consistent user
- interfaces?
-
- Also, with Snap or PowerSnap, it is easy to cut and paste from one
- application to another. God knows how you do it under Windows or
- OS/2.
-
- > First, they are a speed optimization, which isn't necesary on systems with
- > decent GUI performance. Second, some applications need to work at certain
-
- The Amiga has better GUI performance than most systems mentioned
- here, except maybe the Archimedes.
-
- > screen resolutions, and this wouldn't be the case if the Amiga had DIG.
-
- This foolish statement is very reminiscent of what Dan S said
- about people twisting HDs into a Bad Thing. The different video
- modes that the Amiga hardware supports are a Good Thing, and DIG
- is irrelevant to them.
-
- The fact that the OS can manage the different video modes in a
- manner that is _better_ than OS/2 2.0 just shows how slick the
- Amiga is.
-
- > | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
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