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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Nov 16 06:37:30 1990
From: cbsmith@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 90 06:36:58 EST
I like the ne login and I think it was a good idea to ave some functions
executable without an account.
I thought it might be an idea, however, to change the presentation of the
XCLUSTERS display. First of all, I think it would be a good idea that any
cluster which is completeley full be marked specially on the map (maybe a skull
and crossbones symbol). Furthermore, and this is just a personal quirk, I think
you might change the way the display shows cluster activity. Instead of showing
'clusters free/ clusters occupied', why not show '# of free clusters/ # of
clusters'. This is the way I thought the display was oriented until I studies it
for a second. I think that the # of free clusters is of course the most
important piece of information and thus should be first. With my display scheme,
you get a fraction which actually means something: the % of clusters free. It
seems like a minor thing that programmers shouldn't even bother with, but you
asked for comments, so you got them!
One other difficulty I have encountered: the delete key. For some reason, both
the delete key and the backspace key have no effect with both the RT and 3100
terminal I tested. I have no idea why this is the case, or even if the login
program is to blame, but it seems likely.
