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From: jmunkki@santra.HUT.FI (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacDraw II Experiences (long)
Keywords: MacDraw II
Message-ID: <14238@santra.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jul 88 07:03:50 GMT
References: <11430@steinmetz.ge.com>
Sender: jmunkki@santra.UUCP
Reply-To: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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In article <11430@steinmetz.ge.com> leue@galen.UUCP (Bill Leue) writes:
>8. When you type text in, it hides whatever is under it until you've
>finished the text.  I would like an option for making the text bounding
>box transparent while you're typing.

I have used a beta of MacDraw II, so this might have changed... I still
use the original MacDraw for drawing everything because I like to be able
to select a box and just type the text in the box without selecting any
tools. The box is automatically the right size and I don't have to drag a
rectangle for the text. I also miss the ability to use the cmd key to
use the last command again.

I like the hairlines and I have to admit that MacDraw II has not suffered
featurism too severily, but I don't think I'll use it for drawing until
they return to the good old user interface shortcuts.

Why is the keyboard so often forgotten? If the user types something, it
should go somewhere. MacDraw and HyperCard are great in this respect.

Juri Munkki
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi
jmunkki@fingate.bitnet