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- From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
- Message-ID: <9211180617.AA16911@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 06:17:44 GMT
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- Organization: University of Toronto (Scarborough) Computing Services
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- The following revelation escaped Jim Wong's lips:
- >
- > Intolerable? Why? Simply because the author prefers System 7 to the
- > GS' system 6? Please explain.
-
- I wouldn't go so far as saying "intolerable", but at least Keizer
- should have showed some objectivity in his review. Granted, I have
- *not* read the article, but I will do so at my earliest convenience.
- However, knowing Keizer's past track record with writing about the Apple
- II (especially in Compute! magazine), I can understand Stephen's
- frustrations. Macintosh System 7 is nice. Apple IIGS System 6 is very
- nice. I'll bet Keizer compared System 7 running on a fast colour Mac II
- with a big, fast hard drive and System 6 on a 2-meg, 2-floppy GS.
- Again, conjecture on my part, but I think you get my drift.
-
- > 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.
-
- Doesn't come close to the functionality and integration of FST's.
- FST's are one reason why I place GS/OS at the top of the personal
- computer OS pile.
-
- > 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.
-
- Tog isn't the end-all-be-all of interface gurus. I personally find
- the Macintosh static thumbs (*that's* the proper term ;-) more confusing
- and counter-intuitive than the GS's. All other GUI's as far as I know
- have thumbs indicating the ratio of displayed content/total content.
- Amiga Workbench, NeXTStep, most implementations of X Windows, etc. I'd
- love to find an INIT somewhere which fixes up the Mac scroll bars...
- --
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