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Article #2303Re: Neodesk 2.0
From: Andy Cassino
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1989 03:45
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1989 03:45
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| >
| > I also want to report that Gribnif Software has earned my hard and fast
| > customer loyalty by sending me no less than a 3-page letter explaining, in
| > detail, each and every problem I wrote them about. As a result, I not only
| > understand Neodesk better, but I also understand TOS and some other programs
| > much better.
| >
|
| Hello Andy,
|
| why don`t you tell us something about the contens of the letter?
|
|
| Many thanks
|
| Stefan Goller
| ----------
Okay, here's a brief synopsis of the interesting things I learned:
1) Neodesk control panel is not at fault for the mouse double-click
rate changing when Easydraw is started... Easydraw *changes* the
double click-rate; Migraph thinks this is necessary (I don't!).
A future version of Easydraw with restore the original
double-click rate. (Somehow, it escaped my notice, but this does
happen with the built-in desktop as well as Neodesk).
2) There is apparently a known conflict between G+Plus and
Universal Item Selector that interferes with communications
between Easydraw and Outprint. I was advised to contact the
creators of UIS and/or G+Plus for more info. (I haven't done
so, I found an AUTO folder ordering that solved the problem).
3) When Neodesk is used to perform a disk copy between hard disk
partitions, you must reboot after the disk copy, for the same
reasons that you have to reboot after formatting a hard drive.
Neodesk 2.04 will remind the user of this via dialogue box.
4) Problems relating to MultiDesk loading the Neo Control Panel
are fixed in version 2.03 of Neodesk by having Neodesk check
the control panel "all the time" instead of just at boot-up.
5) Problems that occur when trying to move a folder relate to the
"Phantom Folder Bug" in TOS, to be fixed in TOS 1.4.
Well... I received my repaired Neodesk Master disk which now contains
Neodesk 2.04... it works great! Version 2.04 highlights: A new
shel_fix.prg which operates legally for TOS 1.2 and higher. Multiple
desktop files are allowed and can be dragged to the desktop and
installed using the resulting icon. There is a hot key ability for
any program on the desktop. Neodesk is now resolution independent
and will work with BigScreen, HyperScreen *and the TT*. (!!!)
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