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- From: ljensen@netcom.com (Colin Jensen)
- Subject: Re: Opinion: What IBM should change in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.065555.4927@netcom.com>
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- References: <1hq4dbINNsvs@cae.cad.gatech.edu> <1992Dec29.191135.24990@novell.com> <roelle.725743641@uars_mag>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:55:55 GMT
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- In article <roelle.725743641@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
- >lkawecki@novell.com (Lewis Kawecki) writes:
- >> It would be nice if the use could decide if they want to change windows
- >>by just moving moving the cursor (like X) or by clicking the mouse. The user
- >>should also be able to decide if the active window always comes to the fore-
- >>ground or if the title bar has to be clicked on to bring a windows to the fore-
- >>ground.
- >
- >Not forgetting of course the X feature of pushing a window to the back
- >by clicking the right button.
-
- None of these admittedly nice features are in fact features of X. What
- X has, that PM lacks, is the ability to almost infinitely customize
- the user interface behavior with respect to how the user manipulates
- windows. In fact, it is possible to make X behave *exactly* as PM does.
-
- I for one, would like at least a bit of X's versatilty in PM. For example,
- I don't like click-to-type. [And yes, I'm sure many of you do like it]
- It would be nice to make click-to-type, and many other UI properties
- *optional* and configurable.
-
- However, I do *not* expect IBM to permit this - and here's why: If
- you let people customize their UI setup, it becomes hard for an experienced
- OS/2 user to just walk up to an OS/2 machine and use it - because he
- WON'T KNOW which mouse actions will invoke what behavior from PM.
-
- Moreover WPS is already overbloated and slow as it is. The OS/2 1.3
- shell makes WPS look like a snail. I love the features they have added
- (at a cost of speed), but how much speed are we really willing to pay
- for the UI?
-
- --
- Colin Jensen
- ljensen@netcom.netcom.com cjensen@ampex.com
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