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From: peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.011304.3046@Sugar.NeoSoft.com>
Keywords: Drag-and-drop, application start, programm changes
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
References: <96@ryptyde.UUCP> <1991Jun23.145847.16816@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> <111@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 01:13:04 GMT

The Great, The Powerful, Daniel Tracy:
	"Excuse me? Are you flaming Apple for being able to do something
Commodore couldn't? That is, cause applications to open documents by
double-clicking on them even if the app is running, without apps having to
be rewritten?"
		-- <111@ryptyde.UUCP> 

Huh? No, the Amiga has had that ability from day 1. It's called "multitasking".

I remember a few releases ago Andy Ongun was talking about how this new
capability was forcing him to change his program. It seems he was putting
his own icons on the desktop while Finder was turned off.

What the Workbench does is allow programs to register their windows with
it so you can drag and drop icons onto them. Sort of virtual folders.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'   <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
                   'U`    "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
