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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Light and Smoke (was: The Right to Flame)
Summary: constructive comments from an Amiga owner.
Keywords: constructive discussion
Message-ID: <1951@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 88 00:58:42 GMT
References: <11855@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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I own an Amiga. It replaced my Atari ST. Enough of that... here are a couple
of comments...

> 1.  File Formats.

> 	IFF is a good idea, in theory at least.

IFF is a great idea, and you can get all sorts of good code from
comp.sources.amiga.

> I think that a
> 'clipboard'-type interface (like the Mac) would be an welcome
> addition.

Well, we've found that the clipboard isn't used much on the Amiga. Scratch
files in RAM: are just as useful and a lot more versatile. Think of them
as named clips.

> 2.  Desktop.

> 	How come no one has come out with a better Desktop?

Well, apparently someone has. It's not PD though.

It's *hard*. One thing you could do would be to look at something other than
the Mac for inspiration. I wish Commodore had.

Maybe someone would like to port my Browser to the ST?

> 3.  Multitasking.

This is vital, particularly in combination with #1 and #2.
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