#Opus Upgrade
> What do you mean a complete replacement for WB? Just that. There is nothing
in Workbench that is not also in Opus 5.0, but better.
> It still does file management and such, right? Yes. But it has a better
system for defining file types and for setting up functions on the buttons.
(Note: there is a bug here, which can cause problems. See other messages on
this topic.)
>Does it have the same old left-right window arrangement, or does it have a
window-for-every-drawer format? Yes to both. One of the envirnments that comes
with it is a simulation of the old Opus 4 screen. However, it is kind of ugly.
When you open a device or directory, you get a window that can be either
Workbench type icons, or a file list similar to the old Opus 4 listings (or
looks similar to that other operating systems File Manager). However, you can
have as many windows open as you like, and each window operates independantly
of all the others. For example, if you were to start a long copy (say all of a
floppy to a hard disk directory), this would tie up Opus 4 until the copy was
done. With Opus 5, you can open another device, button window, etc. and use
them while the copy proceeds. This alone makes it worth the upgrade.
Bill Roberts — Autopilot from Ellettsville, Indiana