NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/advocacy/32180

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Halliburton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Dan flipped through an AmigaWorld, and:
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Date: 21 Dec 92 01:25:17 CST
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Hi, Mr. Stephenson!

Since you seem to know so much about OS/2, I wondered if you could answer
me this question: How do I know what the files on my HPFS partition are?
You see, all I have are these things called objects, and a lot of them,
while they look different, take me to the same place. I'm afraid I've lost
my place in the metaphor. I just want to know how many files I have, so I'm
not surprised when the DISK FULL warning comes around. I think all these
redundant links are eating away my system resources, but without a clearly
visible file structure on my desktop, I'm confused. And I'm afraid to
frivolously delete icons, because what if one of them turns out to be
important?

I'm sure that if I spent some more time learning OS/2, I'd know this stuff.
But the thing is, I need to know NOW. You see, on the Mac, I know where to
find stuff. Folders are not that hard to navigate. The same with drawers on
the Amiga. OK, so maybe some things on the Amiga are not as convenient, but
that's because it's more flexible and has to allow for a few more options.

But OS/2 is too flexible, and it's tied itself into a knot on my
486DX/2-66. (Okay, it's not mine, it's the school's.)

OBJECTS ARE FINE IN OS DESIGN--NOT ON DESKTOPS.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

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