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Re: Ask O'Reilly for a new edition to REALbasic: The DefinitiveGuide

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Subject: Re: Ask O'Reilly for a new edition to REALbasic: The DefinitiveGuide
From: Tim Jones <tjmac at tolisgroup dot com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 07:30:46 -0700
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References: <BD5A7086 dot 9A4F%larsjensen at rcn dot com> <21594A58-FC12-11D8-AC7E-000393907B46 at pyramiddesign dot us>
We're getting way OT here, but I must add a note about Joseph's "rearrange my desktop" comment:

If you are running Panther or that newer, non-discussable version, you should check out "Desktop Manager" from Rich Wareham. It's FREE and available from Source Forge (www.sourceforge.net/projects/wsmanager). It allows you to have multiple desktops available on a single display.

No more moving things out of the way and it's Expose aware.

Tim
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On Sep 1, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Joseph Nastasi wrote:


On Aug 31, 2004, at 6:14 PM, Lars Jensen wrote:

I'm curious as to why people want this.

I understand why people like TDG (my copy is pretty well worn), and why
people update books in general.

What I'd like to know is what, specifically, requesters believe they would get from a TDG 3rd edition that they're not getting from the 2nd edition +
various other sources (lists, RS docs, etc.).

Beginner info? Advanced techniques? New feature info? Convenience? Hardcopy?

Convenience of grabbing a book and not having to rearrange my desktop and scroll, enlarge type, etc. More important, is having new information in the same format. It's great to have all the other sources, but it's even better to have them written in the same style (assuming it works for you - Matt's writing style was good for me), same font, etc...
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