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wahlmann@theta.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
wrote:

>In article <46lo4k$nb0@hasle.oslonett.no>, svena@oslonett.no (Sven Anders Robbestad) writes:
>|> upen@eworld.com (Upen) wrote:
>|> 
>|> >I think windows was created to provide a good gui
>|> Not really. It was made so that Microsoft could have a platform for
>|> their business software. It's only turned into a good gui by a lot of
>|> luck and smart strategy.

>Compared to alternative GUIs that of WinXX is not what I would call good.
>One thing that annoys me every time I'm forced to use Win3.x is that I have to
>click on the menu items just like on buttons to get a menu. Why can't I use the
>right mouse button to get a popup menu like on X11, NextStep, Intuition and
>System 7.x?

Well, I really wasn't referring to the dreaded Win 3.xx, but to Win95.
Right mouse popup exist in w95 and it is pretty darn useful!

>Second, the so called DOS-Box is far away from being as comfortable as a Unix- or
>AmigaDOS shell.
Yes, it's not at all good!

>Third, the wonderful animations of Win95 are not to be switched off.
They're not really *that* bothering, are they. I've never wanted to
turn them off (as I did with the Amiga MagicWB stuff)

Sven