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- From: jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
- Message-ID: <Bxt630.9D8@rice.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 12:16:12 GMT
- References: <9FPauB7w165w@bluemoon.use.com>
- Sender: news@rice.edu (News)
- Organization: Rice University
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- In article <9FPauB7w165w@bluemoon.use.com> slhood@bluemoon.use.com (Stephen L. Hood) writes:
- >
- >Another award went to GS/OS 6.0 for "Best Missed Opportunity". The
- >reviewer claims that GS/OS 6.0 (which the rest of the world calls System
- >6) "should have taken a couple more pages from the Mac's System 7. The
- >latter, for instance, can quickly create an alias for any docuement or
- >program..." This is an intolerable statement. It infuriates me that Mr.
- >Keizer can be so foolish and shortsighted. He completely overlooks the
- >HFS FST's merits, mentioning it in the middle of a sentence that resolves
- >by stating that Apple "missed the opportunity".
- >
- Intolerable? Why? Simply because the author prefers System 7 to the
- GS' system 6? Please explain.
-
- >
- >The HFS FST, coupled with the soon-to-be-released MS-DOS FST, allows the
- >GS to access the most popular and common disk formats. However, even the
- >glorious System 7 cannot directly read lowly ProDOS disks -- you first
- >have to go to Apple File Exchange and wait about ten times as long to copy
- >a file as you would to copy a Mac file to the IIGS.
-
- Wrong -- an Apple-written init called "ProDOS File System" lets you read
- ProDOS disks directly from the Mac desktop. It's available free from
- ftp.apple.com.
-
- >
- >I personally want nothing more of the Mac OS than aliasing. The scrolling
- >thumbs on the Mac do not resize according to the size of the document,
- >creating a very non-intuitive interface. Folding sharing on the IIGS
-
- According to "Tog on Interface", proportional scroll bars are more confusing
- for the new user than those that don't change size. I don't much care
- either way.
- >
- >Mr. Kreizer's writings have been much more productive and objective in the
- >past. Indeed, "Briding the Gap" has been one of the very few tangible
- >products of the incorporation of Mac support into A+/InCider. However, I
- >am now quite disappointed by what I feel can only be the result of the
- >influence of a new chief editor.
- >
- >I am upset by this unprofessionalism and intend to write a letter to the
- >editor. Watch for it, folks. If it even appears, I'll be surprised if I
- >recieve a reply.
- >
- "Unprofessionalism"? It doesn't seem unprofessional to me.
-
- --
- Jim Wong (jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu)
-