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Article #20771Re: Screen size -- Is it too small?
From: Marc Hannah
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 19:23
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 19:23
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In article <10479@duke.cs.duke.edu>, mps@duke.cs.duke.edu (Michael P. Smith) writes:
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> ... I don't find the 9" screen too small for a
> single window. I wouldn't mind a 12" screen to allow a few visible
> windows at once. But I am loathe give up the small footprint and
...
My final comment on this matter is that I suspect that as soon as people
start using MultiFinder (which will be the standard operating environment
in 3-6 months for many users) you will be cursing the small monitor. Part
of this is because Apple hasn't yet put any special window management
into MultiFinder (beyond the layer manager) and you soon get swamped with
windows if you run multiple applications. Worse still, as more applications
run in background you really may want to SEE what those applications are
WRITING into their windows so hidden windows may be a pain.
David Gelphman
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!Shasta!mrh From: mrh@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Hannah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Screen size -- Is it too small? Message-ID: <2149@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 14:23:03 EST Article-I.D.: Shasta.2149 Posted: Mon Oct 26 14:23:03 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Oct-87 07:06:56 EST References: <171@ut-emx.UUCP> <4144@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <3049@whuts.UUCP> <10479@duke.cs.duke.edu> Organization: Stanford University Lines: 16 Summary: wait until you see multifinder!