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- From: matthewd@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Matthew Davidian)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Response to CBM re:Poor Media coverage
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.185355.3608@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 02:53:54 GMT
- References: <CLIN.92Dec21170222@jade.tufts.edu>
- Organization: California State University, Fresno
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- In article <CLIN.92Dec21170222@jade.tufts.edu> clin@jade.tufts.edu (Chuck (Satch) Lin) writes:
- >
- >The average 1st time computer buyer walks into a store
- >(note: there are very few amiga dealers anywhere)
- >and looks at the pretty picture on the screen.
- [stuff deleted]
- >person who has never touched a computer. How about making the
- >OS use a 640x480x256 screen?
-
- Haven't you heard of AGA? I agree though, how good the display looks
- is vital. I wouldn't recommend the Amiga to anyone doing productivity
- oriented stuff using NTSC resolution interlaced or not. A non-interlaced
- NTSC rez display looks plain crappy next to a VGA clone or Mac, and
- interlaced displays are too distracting to get any work done. I feel that
- the A1200 is very significant in this regard; it's the first home computer
- from Commodore capable of putting out VGA (and better) quality displays
- *out of the box*. Kudos on that score. (and I'm not considering the 3000
- a home computer in this case)
-
- >How about setting a standard for icon
- >colors and sizes. Some applications have icons that take up the entire
- >screen! That is just stupid! This is the only way to attract
-
- Agreed again about icon sizes...but, Commodore has recommended a maximum
- size: 80x40 in the User Interface Style Guide, and Icon Edit enforces
- this size. Colors are another thing though. Unless WB 3.0 has changed it,
- it seems Commodore is only concerned with standardizing the first four
- colors in the palette; everybody and their grandma has their own 8/16
- color scheme, and it makes it tough transporting 8/16 color icons
- around.
-
- Matt Davidian
- matthewd@csufres.csufresno.edu
-