Definitions of Amiga Software ...

[jjans]

A buddy of mine was checking out my Amigas, trying to figure out why I was so fond of the system. He raised a real good question, which I could not answer.

What is the difference (or the authoritative definition), OF THE FOLLOWING:

1.   TOOLS;

2.   UTILITIES;

3.   APPLICATIONS.

Please help, as I realise now as a long time Amiga User, how ignorant I have been over the last 17 years...

I thought the Amiga was just for blastin' stuff to smithereens!!!!!!

[seer]

Never really thought about that...

1. Tools; format, delete, copy.. The commands in sys:c

2. Utilities; Clock, calculator stuff like that

3 Applications; your wordprocesor, paint program, webbrowser..

As for a  definition, can't give it.. For me, they are pretty much alike, they are all programs you use..

[Lo]

A buddy of mine was checking out my Amigas, trying to figure out why I was so fond of the system. He raised a real good question, which I could not answer.

What is the difference (or the authoritative definition), OF THE FOLLOWING:

Let me  know when you find the difference between a tool and a utility cuz' I always click the wrong drawer.. DOH!

[Mikkihii]

Finally someone has same problem than I've had long time.
Can't figure out why my System partition got to have different drawers for same kind of software. (tools&utilities). :hammer:

[tokai]

@jjans:

TOOLS:
programs you need for proper configuration, handling of your amiga, filesystems etc. e.g. HDToolBox, Format etc. Without them u couldn't use your computer after all.

UTILITIES:
programs you don't need but you still want to use sometimes, you also could call them gadgets or similiar. They offer some kind of service, e.g. the clock displays the time, mysticview shows pics etc.

APPLICATIONS:
Apps are big(ger) programs for helping you to solve certain tasks. e.g. a graphics application for creating graphics, a word processor for writing documents etc.


(at least this is my definition for the things ;-) )

regards,
tokai

[restore2003]

Its your choice where u have those programs, you dont have to use 3 different drawers

[lempkee]

restore:true enough but alot of things rely on beeing placed correctly , like INSTALLER , MULTIVIEW and so on..

i like the 3 variations

makes it more tidy

[T3000]

1. TOOLS;    Screwdrivers, hammers, chainsaws.  Stuff used to repair.

2. UTILITIES;    Electricity, water.

3. APPLICATIONS;  Appling the above to make a total mess of the sitch....

Hope that doen't help at all.   heh   :-D

[Roj]

I asked Any Finkel about this several years ago. I'll try to find his reply, but I may have nuked it. Anyway, he basically said the Tools directory on the 1.3 Extras disk was a mistake. It was meant to be Utilities, but once it was shipped that way, they just stuck with it.

The way I look at it, a Tool is something used to manipulate or create another project. Memacs, IconEdit, Editpad, etc. work with other projects.
Utilities are used to view other projects or display general info. Multiview, the clock, Amplifier, ect.

The System drawer I use for anything that directly controls a hardware device. Format, AsimCDFS, MasterISO, etc.

Of course, nothing really fits perfectly with the way the directories are laid out, but I'm most comfortable with this explanation. :-)