Re: Some II+ Questions. (ProDOS etc.)

["ralmin" <xbiber@bigpond.net.au>]

> I find FILERs user interface to be a giant leap backwards from the
> four-years-older FID. The constant insistence on forcing volumne names
> down the user's throat when Slot/Drive is simply easier to do on
> floppies. The insistence on me entering a wild card "=" just to see
> the directory of a disk. The "we tried to be nontechnical but didn't
> quite make it" help texts. The "why use an easy solution when there's
> also a complex one" feel. Aaaarrrgggghhhh. Though I do like that it's
> really picky about floppy disk quality while formatting, much more so
> than 3.3, which should boost media reliability in the long run. As
> I've only seen the later sysutil.system on Emulators I can only assume
> that this feature was retained.

I had trouble formatting disks with filer sometimes on my Laser 128.

I don't remember entering a wild card to view directory listings, but I
remember always having to remember and type in volume names, which were
really annoying.

But the thing in the Convert program where it slides the pointer over when
you change direction, that was cool. I remember sitting there for several
minutes sliding it back and forth :-)

Ralmin.