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Subject: Re: Task Switcher?
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Todd,

There are some problems with task switchers. First of all, they
have to be patched into the operating system somehow. Wheels is
very tight on memory now and it really can't be implemented.

The biggest problems I see are with users that aren't careful.
Using task switching to do a quick task and return to the 1st
application, like geoWizard allowed, is probably the safest.

geoWizard isn't really a true task switcher. It allows you to
switch to another task, but to get back to the first one, you
must end the second task. You can't keep switching back and forth.

gateWay's Switcher is more of a task switcher. It allows you to
switch to another task and back and forth. But you can forget that
you still have a task in place as you power down the system.
Plus once the second task is launched, you have another copy
of gateWay running. 

What if you want to go and do some extensive stuff in one task, you
know, swap drives, exchange disks, open different partitions, etc.
Now, you switch back to the other task that hasn't run for a couple
hours. You forgot how the setup was with your drives! Whoops...

See what I mean?

-Maurice