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- From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: The 'Screens' debate:
- Message-ID: <72373@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 19:02:44 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >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. To make a generality, Amigas really need this mostly in cases
- >where the 'standard' mode they are in is insufficient. Right?
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- I see things a little bit differently. Screens allow the physical
- grouping of application screen elements; in effect, they prevent
- the screen clutter of wondering which window belongs to which
- application.
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- The Windows MDI is similar in concept to multiple screens.
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- TomK@cup.portal.com
- Tom Krotchko
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