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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Subject: Re: For those interested in GeoWorks...
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.024716.29028@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
References: <Apr.20.20.56.09.1991.28616@remus.rutgers.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 02:47:16 GMT

In article <Apr.20.20.56.09.1991.28616@remus.rutgers.edu> lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes:
>GeoWorks looks and functions a lot like Windows. In fact it even has
>the same keyboard shortcuts as Windows. I think this is smart. Windows
>is very popular right now and people don't want to have to learn a
>whole new system--so GeoWorks looks and functions better than Windows
>(again, I haven't actually used 3.0, but from what I've read
>and seen).

     This is a little misleading.  Both GeoWorks and Windows 3.0 are
Motif-compliant interfaces.  It's therefore no surprise that they look
the same: they were based on the same standard.  As to the keyboard
shortcuts, I honestly don't know if the Motif specification defines standard
key combinations.  Does anyone else know?

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
