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From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WorkBench Dreams
Keywords: I wish..
Message-ID: <5469@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 16:22:56 GMT
References: <720@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <720@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> arp@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU (John Gordos) writes:
>
>	Folks,
>
>	I've got something that I'd REALLY like to see added to
>	the WorkBench;  Being able to "click" on an icon AND
>	while it opens, "click" on another icon AND... well, you
>	get the idea.
>
>	It would be nice to click on a drawer, have the window open,
>	see the next drawer you want (but not all the icons in the
>	first have appeared yet) and click on "drawer number 2" and
>	have it start to open.   That sort of thing.   Another buy
>	would be to be able to click on the close gadget of a window
>	and have it close BEFORE it displays all the icons in the
>	window.
>
>	I'm sure that the problem probably lies in layers and that
>	it'd be non-trivial to implement, but it'd really get the
>	point of multi-tasking across.   My wife doesn't understand
>	multitasking really;  All she knows is that the WorkBench 
>	is enough like a MAC that she can use it.   If the WorkBench
>	seemed to multitask more than it does, it would surely help
>	us both;  I can scoot around with that mouse much quicker than
>	my floppies can display a drawer!
>
	While not getting into specifics, I can say that the subject of
WB multi-tasking or apparently multi-tasking has been brought to our
attention and will be addressed in the V1.4 Workbench.

	Fortunately, at lot of us here use the Workbench so that adds an
extra incentive to fix/add things. :^)

	Regards, David Berezowski