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Offline motorollin

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Re: WHat do you miss when using your Amiga?
« on: January 22, 2009, 06:16:03 PM »
Right click drop-down menus can be added with MagicMenu. Personally, when I'm using an Amiga I miss:

- Consistent copy and paste
- Consistent keyboard controls
- Exposé
- The ability to actually put files on the desktop rather than putting them somewhere else and having to "leave them out"

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
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40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: WHat do you miss when using your Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 06:29:42 PM »
Exposé is a feature of Mac OS X which resizes and moves all of your open windows so they all fit on the screen at the same time. When you click on one of them it moves all the windows back where they were and brings the one you clicked to the front.

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#tutorial=expose

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: WHat do you miss when using your Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 06:59:27 PM »
Well, Exposé isn't for organising windows. It only moves them so you can see them, then moves them back where they were. I used to think the taskbar was fine until I switched to OS X and started using Exposé. I find it much easier. I have a hot-spot in the bottom-right-hand corner of the screen which launches Exposé. It's useful as well for seeing what's on other windows. I do a lot of note-taking as I use my MacBook for all my Uni work. It's great to be able to quickly Exposé to check something in a different window, then just press Escape to bring back the window I was already in and carry on typing. I couldn't live without it now!

There's a nice video of Exposé on YouTube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2XFMSSrpTqg

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moto
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10