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- From: chan@pyramid.unr.edu (Kaho Chan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: GEM.. what needs to be fixed, and soon!
- Message-ID: <4406@equinox.unr.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 00:35:13 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.100551.4716@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
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- Reply-To: chan@pyramid.unr.edu (Kaho Chan)
- Organization: University of Nevada, Reno
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- In article <1992Aug27.100551.4716@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher) writes:
- >
- >From what I've heard, the new version of GEM for the FALCON seems a great
- >improvement. I hope that at least some of the following gripes I have with
- >GEM are fixed, and the rest to be fixed ASAP if the Atari machines are to
- >get anywhere:-
- >
- >(1) Response time for mouse button presses.
- >
- > Has anyone noticed that it takes about a second for a mouse press to
- >be acted upon under GEM? This delay is the same on the TT as on the ST. This
- >has put off a large number of people when I've tried to promote the ST/TT
- >for general use. It can be a right pain when you click on one item, move the
- >mouse and the system highlights the one your mouse just passed over.
-
- It's true if you run your ST under 8mhz... but if you soup your
- machine up (I have a MSTE) to 16mhz, have a blitter, and one or
- more (PD or commercial) software that enhances your text (etc...),
- you won't have that problem... (could be other reasons too!).
-
- It's not just the ST that has this problem... I've worked with a
- friend's 386SX running at 16mhz and the mouse response is sometimes
- slow.
-
- I know that the problem may also lie in the mouse buttons or maybe
- the connection...
-
- >
- >(2) Printer drivers have to be assigned at INSTALL time or by editing a
- > file.
- >
- > This is a MAJOR failing. Call the system user friendly? Even the
- >first version of MS Windows had the capability to select the type of printer
- >driver from a menu at any time.
-
- Why is this a major flaw? Printer drivers are software.... the
- people who wrote those don't have every printer in mind... Just
- because it's Epson (or other) compatible, doesn't mean that it's
- 100% workable on your XYZ (non-EPSON) type printer...
-
- I think that you are referring to being able to change the
- printer driver through Windows... Well, as far as I know (I hope),
- GEM permits (through the Control Panel) the user to choose options
- fitting his printer, BUT, it is not the printer driver (type) you
- are reffering to...
- Software-wise, you choose the printer driver through the program...
- I may be wrong on this...
-
-
- >Please note that I'm not saying MS windows or MacOS is the way to go... or
- >my machine in better than your machine. I'm just trying to say what I
- >believe needs to be done to make the Atari version of GEM a modern and
- >attractive (in the view of developers) GUI.
-
- Agreed. AND I hope that ATARI does something quick! I've
- stayed with them for awhile (1: 1040ST 2: MegaSTE4 3:???)
-
- They better support their machines they are spitting out.
- It seems that the MegaSTe's (and soon TT's) are fading away...
-
- (noticed how the MegaSTE's dropped in price (pissed me off)...
- ...because I bought it when it first came out)
-
- >
- >Steve
- >
- >Please don't flame me, I'm just trying to help! :-)
- >
- >PS. Not having done too much programming using GEM I may well be wrong about
- >the API, but I still think, whatever, that point 4 has at least some
- >validity.
- >--
- >Addresses:-
- >JANET:- ucacmsu@uk.ac.ucl or steve@uk.ac.ox.earth (preferable)
- >Internet:- ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk or steve@earth.ox.ac.uk (preferable)
-
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