a small file is
saved that brings
back your tailor-
made set-up at the
click of a mouse.
The status bar is
situated along the
bottom of the
screen and con-
tains icons of in-
stalled devices on
the left, and active
programmes on
the right. Very
neat, and no need
for any wizard-like constructions to find
what you want.
The mouse
T
he mouse has three buttons: the
one on the left is used for selecting,
the one in the middle for context-
defined pop-up menus, and the one on
the right for various tricks and treats.
You will find some of them mentioned
under ‘windows and tricks ‘ but there
are many more. Because this system is
so simple and effective, your mouse
has an easy time and chances of RSI
are small.
Drag and drop
A
frequent action is exporting and im-
porting files or objects. With RISC
OS this is simply a matter of drag-
ging and dropping text or icons. Simply
drag a picture you just made with pro-
gramme A into the active window of
programme B and it’s there! No cutting
and pasting! Quick and easy.
Anti aliasing or ‘fuzzy font technique’
I
n order to produce on your screen
crisp, easily readable letters, even
small eight-point ones, RISC OS uses
Anti-Aliasing: a hardly visible edge of
grey pixels is generated around each
letter which eliminates the jagged effect
along the outline. This produces beauti-
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Without anti-aliasing
With anti-aliasing
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