> -----Original Message----- > From: CAREY SCHUG via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 3:15 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: CAREY SCHUG <sqrfolk...@comcast.net> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: MS-DOS am I the only person who liked the win 3.1 UI? > > Am i the ONLY person who preferred the win 3.1 user interface? Probably, > since > I have never seen one like it on linux, and everybody else complains about it. > > 1. I don't like "active anything" that pops up when I move the mouse one pixel > further than I intended, or hides itself just as I am clicking on it so the > click goes > through to something behind, unintended. and don't get me started on when I > am resizing and go one pixel past the edge, so it maximizes...across all my > displays. sometimes takes me 3-5 attempts to resize one window to almost fill > one physical display. i think the maximizing across multiple displays is > only a > winblows problem.
Not sure about this... > > 2. I could customize groupings in program manager: > --this group is all things related to the newsletter I prepare monthly, > including > the actual document, background info, program to print it, browser with > related > information, etc. for the 3 days per month I work on it, and keeps out of my > way the rest of the time. > --or this group is only brought up in the spring, with items for planning my > garden. but I might also bring it up briefly in the autumn when I see some > special seeds I never heard about before. > --the groupings helped for seldom used files/programs whose name I have > trouble remembering...just bring up the group and it is there --program > manager > was always there when I wanted it, or got hidden when I didn't > > 3. file manager had features I maybe could find now but have not, such as -- > tiling *or* cascading several directories, and dragging files from one to > another, > harder to set up with tabs or multiple instances of file manager. > --(maybe its fond memories, but I think I could) select several files and > sort ONLY > THEM, leaving the others unmoved, --sort on file extension, --sort with > wildcards (probably can, just my ignorance?) --show date and time even for not > the last 24 hour files (I think I did find such a file manager, but it lacked > some > other critical functions, or crashed all the time. > You can still install the old File Manager https://github.com/Microsoft/winfile/releases You can use the corner dock to get four explorer windows > two really big plusses afaik only in linux: > --I can expand a subdirectory now without jumping completely to it, which win > 3.1 could not do --also like that when attaching to an email, or opening, I > can > select from "recently used" > Not sure about this > another wish (for winblows or linux) if it was like Dos/win3.1, where you > boot do > a dos prompt, it would be nice if I could bring up the graphical interface > with &, > and then bring up a second one....maybe a different, one or with different > options...especially now that I have multiple display adapters, a win 3.1 > like UI > on one monitor, and a current UI on on the other monitor, then from either > drag > application windows to a third monitor. You can have Multiple Desktops ... Dave
