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Re: The Manager from Seven Hills (INFO!!)
ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz) writes:
: :
:
: So, the limited "Switcher" mentioned here must be Switch It! (The only other
: commercial or workable product)
:
: I have not seen a demo of The Manager yet, but base on the experience of
: Kangaroo, I am willing to buy it. Too bad if I buy this, there will be one
: less Procyon customer.
:
Why don't you buy both?
: There are a few things that I am concerning:
:
: 1) Switch It! is quite reliable, but nobody here yet seen The Manager. I wish
: to know how compatible it is going to be. If it is as good as Kangaroo,
: I will be one of the first to place the order.
:
TM has been beta-tested by bug-hunter Francois Uhrich...
: 2) The Manager, according to the press release, put all the windows of
: different programs in one screen (ala leapFrog) - this, in my opinion
: is not good. Unlike Mac, GS have two resolutions - just imagine having
: Milestone 2000 running together with AppleWorks GS, or worse, running
: DreamGrafix in SBC 3200 mode with GraphicWriter III! Switching screen is
: a *much* better way to go!
:
But you can hide windows at will. I think it's a good approach.
: 3) Multitasking is mentioned, but what type of multitasking? Coorporative?
: Preemptive? What type of programs multitasks and what don't? Can we
: choose? Can we turn it off (if speed is critical)?
:
I wouldn't count on multitasking...just be content with a window-based
switcher and enjoy _some_ multitaskable applications...(I _believe_ that
the TM has only limited multitasking features....)
:
: : Michael Heintz
Henrik
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