>what I really, really miss on every version of the damned windows and also
>every Linux desktop I've ever seen is the depth-arrangement gadget. How do you
>access a window that is completely covered by another one without minimizing
>the window in the front?
Excellent point.
The OS 2.04 upper management folks really botched up when they ordered removed the discrete Front and Back gadgets from the Amiga's windows and Screens. Having to hold down a key to get the "Back" function runs counter to human-factors design for a GUI-mouse interface.
Taking away GUI choices from users is always a bad idea. But because the Windows and Macs of that era had few gadgets, the CBM managers decided the GUI needed dumbing down. Then poof, a few years later, Windows and Mac GUI's are full of creeping featurism and gadgets! Ooops.
At least the Amiga doesn't do that horrid "make the active window pop to front" behavior (which would be anathema to a multitasking GUI).
>And how do you access an icon on the desktop without minimizing every
>window (it so easy with an Amiga to flip the Workbench to the top.
I initially was mortified to see that 2.04 (and on) Workbench became a window that sits on the WB Screen. But after a couple of years, i found it to be handy every so often. I wonder about graphics efficiency though.
>2. RWin+M or RWin+D.
Excuse me while I pass gas.
>alt+tab for switching between windows that are behind
I think I just threw up in my mouth. Talk about a retarded way of getting the job done. Thank you Bill Gates. People who think this is an intuitive or efficient approach should not breed.
