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In article <na.8fc8e54749.a702a0richt@argonet.co.uk>, Richard Travers
<richt@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> It doesn't require "loads" of windows to be open to obscure at least the 
> major part of the pinboard.  Two open side-by-side is quite enough to
> do it (I frequently have this when working with ArtWorks and PhotoDesk
> simultaneously).

True I guess, especially when viewing artwork etc.
 
> Frankly, I can't see that having your icons on the pin-board rather than
> the icon bar has any great advantages.  The icon bar does at least keep
> things tidy, scrolls, and can *always* be brought to the front when 
> needed.   The icon bar is, after all, only a "special" part of the
> pinboard.

Well, not exactly a special part of the pinboard. The problem with the
icon-bar is that it can get very long very quickly. It all depends on how
many directory references you require.

> Sure, there are ways the icon bar could be improved - for example it 
> could be made double-row, moveable, have vertical/horizontal options, and
> the ability to have different, customable, icon bars (perhaps accessed
> from the task switcher) to suit different project needs would be nice.

Yep.

> As to who is or is not "using their computer properly", I guess we each
> have our preferred way of working which is efficient for us.  Being
> told that my particular way of working is not "using my computer 
> properly" is not guaranteed to make me feel particularly friendly towards
> the person who makes that assertion ;-)
> 

I agree entirely, and indeed I was responding to someone telling me I wasn't
using my computer properly, so perhaps that explains why I threw the comment
back. But in the end, it is always up to the individual and the particular
needs, and it is to Acorn's credit that a wide variety of environment styles
can be utilised.

In reply to Arinacylch, it's not that things are hidden on the hard disk, so
much. But rather that apart from Apps, there are many possibilities that can
be cross project and so would not appear in every project directory, e.g;
PC, CLibs, Comms, Documents, Archives, ClipArt, Sound Libs etc. And if all
one wanted to hand was on the icon-bar, things would get crowded. And I like
to avoid the extra clicks and scrolling involved in opening the Hard disk
directory. In the end, you should have thought before using the 'not using
computer properly' angle.

Ian.


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