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From: Vincent Hong
To: Wintermute
Subject: Re: Windows 95 story
Date:Sat, February 28, 1998 12:01 PM


<<Anyone else have any comments about W95? I need to know more about those systems. People are always asking me how to do this and that on their PC.>>

Can't tell you how to do this and that, but I have some comments.

I like the use of the right mouse button on Windows 95 systems. All the neat stuff it does makes me wish the Mac had a right mouse button.

Windows 95 looks nice... it acts sort of like System 6 with a 3D look.

I hate the control panels folder. Most of the control panels aren't very user friendly. Not everything is located where you think it should be. In order to change fonts, you have to go to an obscure part of the displays control panel.

Did you notice the control panel which recognized new hardware? Isn't Plug and Play suppose to do that automatically? The displays control panel is horrible, you have to restart in order to change resolutions.

Some Windows 95 systems have extra extensions in the Plus package. One of the most notable features is that it allows you to drag solid windows, instead of just outlines. This feature is slow, very slow. It's about as fast as PowerWindows when doing translucent windows, except Windows 95 can't have translucent window dragging.

There's a lot of other little things I don't like about Windows 95, but overall it's a much better improvement over Windows 3.11.

Vince


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