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Article #1502Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
From: Bryan Wu
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 05:28
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 05:28
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In <kevinbDDpIyv.8ys@netcom.com> kevin@frobozz.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes: >>How about the Amiga's method -- a disk icon stays on the >>desktop for as long as something is using it. This includes >>having a window of one of its directories open in Workbench. >>To copy a file from one disk to another, you simply put the >>source disk in, and locate the directory window(s) you >>require. You then eject the disk and put the destination >>one in. Now, when you drag the files from one window to the >>other, the system prompts for the necessary disks to >>perform the copy. > >Hmm...that works even better, at least in some respects. It's >definitely more general and more elegant. Thanks for the reminder! Huh? That's how the mac does it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail From: bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters Date: 23 Aug 1995 01:28:25 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <41ee9p$leb@panix.com> References: <DDH2nv.2y3@news.cis.umn.edu> <hotelca-2008950243090001@192.0.2.1> <kevinbDDp6vK.I1K@netcom.com> <41c5ql$n8c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <kevinbDDpIyv.8ys@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com