From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Is WPS really better??
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:38:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: scott.1992Sep29.193827.10087
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866

In article <1992Sep29.105147.5524@gw.wmich.edu> 925wardell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>
>	Well,  I don't think there is much debate that The WPS is
>easier to use than Windows.  Our customers seem to think so and they
>are computer illiterate.
>
>	To put bluntly, with Windows, we get calls from people who
>simply want to move some program from a disk to their hard drive.
>With OS/2, they don't have such problems, they just pick up the
>folder and move it onto the desktop or to another folder eentually.  
>It is MUCH easier to use than Windows.
>

I use both OS/2 and Windows (and of course DOS).  Maybe it's the way I
use a shell.... but I don't find WPS superior.  Prettier looking, yes.
As I interpret the above paragraph, [using OS/2] to move a program to
hard disk, you need to open the drives icon and pick A:.  Then you
drag the file to the desktop (or open the C drive, find the right
directory, and THEN drag the file icon).  [Using Windows] In Windows,
my file manager is configured to open two windows.  For one, I click
on A: and the other on C: (it's C by default, so I don't have to do
anything.)  I point to the desired file on A and drag it to C.  [Using
DOS] Now, what I really do is go to DOS, use DR (PC Mag utility) on
the A drive, move to the desired file, press F3 (or whatever function
key is used for moving it is, there's a help window that tells me) and
type C:.  Different ways to do the same thing.

The DOS method is probably the least popular among the computer
illiterate, but I suspect that between OS/2 and Windows, it's a matter
of personal preference.  Some view Windows as intuitive, others choose
OS/2. 

As for a program launcher: I use Windows to point to the program I
want to run, double click.  In OS/2 I have icons in open folders - I
double click on the appropriate icon to start a program.  What's the
difference?

Speaking of dragging..... I hate dragging for copying/moving/deleting.
It takes more energy to keep a finger down on a mouse button while
dragging the mouse than it is to point to a file name, and then point
to a menu item (or two if a submenu comes up). This is one of the
reasons I never liked the Mac interface - keeping the button down
while picking a menu item.  I prefer clicking on the item.

I've rambled long enough!  I suspect this entire topic is a right
brain vs. left brain thing.  By the way, if I'm in a hurry, I go to
the command line and type in my commands.  I can go faster (I type
fast) this way then playing with a GUI..... but I admit, the GUI is
more fun, and results in a lazier attitude - that's why it's a success!!

PS, I like my seascape of the Maine light house in the background.
Soothing for me.  Windows would cover it with the desktop.
-- 
Pierre von Kaenel	| Skidmore College	     | pvonk@skidmore.edu
Math & CS Dept.		| Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391

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