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- From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
- Message-ID: <uerics.721965155@mcl>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:52:35 GMT
- Article-I.D.: mcl.uerics.721965155
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- Re: "Gappies"
-
- I agree entirely that System 6 is nothing to be scoffed at (which is
- precisely what is done in the latest inCider). The simple truth is that
- the IIGS System Software does a lot of things the Mac doesn't do:
-
- o Proportional scroll bars (how in blazes can Mac people stand those phony
- scroll bars -- that's the most non-intuitive thing I've ever seen).
-
- o Easy access to foreign disks (let's face it, AFE is _slooowwww_ and
- doesn't work very well on ProDOS files).
-
- o More intuitive Finder (IMHO. For example, there are many more keyboard
- equivalents, and these are more logical in many ways)
-
- o Knows when to break the rules (the Mac follows the HIG obsessively,
- avoiding intuitiveness just to follow those guidelines. They're called
- "guidelines", not "the law". Having a key equivalent for "Print..." seems
- intuitive to me...)
-
- There are all kinds of other things (in fact, I've forgotten the one I was
- originally going to mention... :).
-
- The Mac is a pretty good machine, but it could certainly learn a few
- things from the IIGS (and the other IIs, for that matter).
-
- - Eric S.
-
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