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Article #1337Re: Anyone use SAM?
From: Stephen J Bevan
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:26
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:26
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In article <OZ.92Nov6170912@ursa.sis.yorku.ca> oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:
Neil Weisenfeld writes:
Is anyone using Sam? ...
Yes, many of us picked it up from the toolchest sometime ago. Nice to see
that it is now available to public at large.
I don't want to start a war here, but why do people like Sam? I've
tried it out and although I think the file as a stream (no newlines)
is a good idea and the undo is excellent, I don't actually like using
it. Specifically, the reliance on the mouse for almost all operations
drives me nuts. Given that Pike thought long and hard about the
design, I can only assume I'm one of the great unwashed who hasn't
seen the light yet. So to speed me along would anybody care to
explain why they think the interface is good?
Email is fine if you have visions of a public debate degenerating into
a flame war.
bevan
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