Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!cbmvax!daveb From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Talking to Workbench Message-ID: <5456@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 17:28:00 GMT References: <3039@sugar.uu.net> <6457@netnews.upenn.edu> <6458@netnews.upenn.edu> <5416@cbmvax.UUCP> <4XaVmTy00Vsf4D0Hli@andrew.cmu.edu> <1696@pur-phy> Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 39 In article <1696@pur-phy> tlm@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lee Meisenheimer) writes: >In article <4XaVmTy00Vsf4D0Hli@andrew.cmu.edu> mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: >>daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) writes: >> Workbench is currently being given quite a facelift. The things >> you mentioned above will be possible under V1.4; unfortunately you'll >> have to wait til then. Sorry :^( >> >> David > >Could I make a suggestion pertaining to this facelift? Would it be possible >to toggle between two modes: the first mode being the windows and pretty >icons that we all know about and a second mode which is more like that of >browser? This way there would be a way to manipulate files without them all >having icons. Instead of making it just like browser, make the window wide >enough for a single column of files/directories. If you click on a directory >a second window (like the first - single column and scrollable) would open to >the right etc. This is similar to how I've seen it done on several unix-type >windowing systems(the NeXT comes to mind) and it looks versatile. One could >also imagine clicking a third mode (or just a sub-mode of the second mode :-)) >that would show the size, protection bits, etc. instead of just the file name. > >I really do like the icons but I think a file oriented mode would be very >usefull. > >(I don't know who to credit for the current workbench but we all know who to >credit for browser!) > Workbench 1.0 thru 1.3 was written/upgraded by Neil Katin who now works for Sun. There have been a lot of requests for different ways of viewing infomation under Workbench. Let me say that we will try and accomodate those requests given the time/resource contraints we all have to live with. ie. While I'm not in a position to tell you exactly what is going to be in Workbench V1.4, I hope you won't be dissapointed. Bottom line is: 'people have made comments in the past, we are trying to address them'. That's all I can say right now. Regards, David