MacFacistii and the interface

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From: Rick McCormack
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 12:04

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Okay, I came to this MAC world to do college courses.  I am resigned to a 35
lb. "portable" that takes 3 mins to set up.  I even like SOME of the mice
commands (I had mice on both my IBM's).  But I just started using Wingz ...
gimmee a break!
Why did Wingz invent SIMPs (or whatever their column width measurement is?)?
I'm sure that it is SIMPS (SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE MEASURING PROTOCOL), BUT WHY?
Ain't 72 points to the inch enough?  And why do so many programs ignore the
fact that many users don't want to adjust every item on a page "by eye?"  I can
think of several programs that cater to my needs to create a repeatable pattern
of elements on the page without jiggery-pokery... why not Wingz?
Or have I MISSED SOMETHING IMPORTANT?
Is there a protocol for setting column width in Wingz directly, i.e. set
columns b...m to 1.25 inches?
Thanks for any help.

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