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Article #1633Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
From: hacker
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:06
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:06
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In <41ee9p$leb@panix.com>, bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) writes: >In <kevinbDDpIyv.8ys@netcom.com> kevin@frobozz.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes: >>>How about the Amiga's method -- a disk icon stays on the >>>desktop for as long as something is using it. This includes >>>having a window of one of its directories open in Workbench. >>>To copy a file from one disk to another, you simply put the >>>source disk in, and locate the directory window(s) you >>>require. You then eject the disk and put the destination >>>one in. Now, when you drag the files from one window to the >>>other, the system prompts for the necessary disks to >>>perform the copy. >> >>Hmm...that works even better, at least in some respects. It's >>definitely more general and more elegant. Thanks for the reminder! > >Huh? That's how the mac does it. heck....using PC-TOOLS as a shell, I can even do that on Windoz whats the big deal.....when I start worring about 'how to copy a disk' then it's time to quite and take that job at Micky D's
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!news From: hacker@austin.ibm.com Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters Sender: news@austin.ibm.com (News id) Message-ID: <DDu5E2.3CoB@austin.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:06:02 GMT Reply-To: jackc@bga.com References: <DDH2nv.2y3@news.cis.umn.edu> <hotelca-2008950243090001@192.0.2.1> <kevinbDDp6vK.I1K@netcom.com> <41c5ql$n8c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <kevinbDDpIyv.8ys@netcom.com> <41ee9p$leb@panix.com> Organization: IBM Austin X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.00