CompuServe Thread

Hurray for WB

3 messages in this thread
#17775From: Kurt LorentzenOct 20, 1988 7:01 PM
Finally….YES let the CLI rot in hell!!!! I want the Amiga to be more user friendly so all the people that are thinking of a new system will will take it as being a STABLE machine.I can't see any reason to develope its "IBM" type CLI world with the state of its "So called user interface".I hate forcing someone into using the CLI or a utility program because the user interface weeps!I feel you should at least have the ability to…. 1. Copy *ANY* file from anywhere to anywhere 2. Delete *ANY* file from anywhere 3. rename any file 4. make a directory 5. rename same 6. See a complete listing of the drive you are in. That's what I would like to at the very least. Get the user interface so that a new user( to computers ) can sit down and use the damn computer. Also, as the one that started this thread, I find it interesting how far one can "wander" from the oringinal question. Shoot, I just wanted info on a non-interlaced mode! See Ya Kurt L.
#17830From: SyndesisOct 20, 1988 10:48 PM
Well, Kurt, this is what has happened on the Amiga. Because of the cool features and CLI-oriented nature of it, the Amiga community attracted a large number of hacker-type people who only wanted to work in the CLI. It shows. It shows in public domain offerings, it shows in commercial software.
#17838From: Doug WingerOct 20, 1988 10:54 PM
Nah, let the CLI live, I sez. Think of it as the command console where that system administrator does his thing, and the WB being the pretty user interface. 8) Anyway. I do agree WB needs to be whacked heavily to where you aren't FORCED to CLI except for those really esoteric chores like installing a HD or suchlike. Still, a lot of the blame for the current sorry state of things is the writers of those neat utilities aren't willing (or able) to wedge the necessary overhead into their pride and joy. And if you're willing to spend a few bucks, never really need to see the dread 1> prompt ever again. 8)