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- From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: The 'Screens' debate:
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 02:33:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec24.015546.22863@usl.edu> das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
- >It is a nice thing to pull down the WorkBench, and see a largely differnt
- >resolutions/colors scheme, but I don't see how it is terribly useful....
- [Example using 16-color Workbench and 256-color art program on 2 screens]
- >NOW: is this better than running a hires, 256-color WB *anyway* and then
- >running the art program, and *iconizing* the art program to get back to
- >the WB?
-
- Not necessarily "better" -- just different.
-
- The 16-color Workbench will do its window updates about 4 times
- faster than a 256-color Workbench, so that's one advantage.
-
- A great advantage of multiple screens, in my opinion, is that they
- prevent the Workbench from getting too crowded. If you used iconizing
- instead, the *icons* themselves can get blocked by windows, making it
- inconvenient to find and click on them. No such problem with screens: a
- keypress or 2 mouseclicks will bring any screen to the front for you. Mac's
- Multifinder makes a menu which can't get hidden like icons can; that's
- another approach.
-
- >Or having it truly 'windowed' on the 256-color WB and simply
- >DRAG that windows it is in 'off' side of the screen into virtual-WB
- >space?
-
- Then the WB gets too crowded when there are lots of windows.
-
- In any case, some of the newer application programs will give you
- the option of running on the Workbench *or* a custom screen, so the user can
- choose. Best of both worlds.
-
- >So while 'screens' are in fact pretty nice, they do not seem to be
- >the savior of Amigas like so many people on this group say they are.
-
- I don't know that "so many people" (e.g., more than 10) are
- calling multiple screens the "savior of Amigas." I thought that title
- belonged to Marc Barrett. :-) But they are definitely useful.
-
- Use them regularly for a few weeks and see if you change your mind.
-
- Dan
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