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From: enk@corona (Edan Kabatchnik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MultiFinder
Message-ID: <1989Aug5.010944.12131@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 5 Aug 89 01:09:44 GMT
Sender: enk@slcs.slb.com
Reply-To: enk@slcs.slb.com (Edan Kabatchnik)
Organization: Schlumberger ATE, San Jose, CA
	      Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Lines: 38

Net,

     As it is, the Apple menu under Multifinder is already getting too long.
What do you think about listing all the applications under the Apple Menu and
a heirarchical item possibly named "Desk Accessories" below which can be found
all the installed Desk Accessories?

     Of course, it would be nice if commonly used DAs could be placed in the
main menu as well as things like Suitcase...

     Just to picture it:

          &
         +-----------------------+
         | About WriteNow...     |
         | Set Aside WriteNow    |
         |-----------------------|
         | x Finder              |
         |   WriteNow            |
         |   MacDraw II          |
         |   Microsft Excel      |
         |   Allegro Common Lisp |
         |   Think C             +-----------------+
         |   Cricket Graph       | Suitcase... *K  |
         +-----------------------+ Aarvark Games   |
         |   Desk Accessories  > | Alarm Clock     |
         +-----------------------+ Chooser         |
                                 | Control Panel  >| HierDA does its thing here
                                 | MockWrite       |
                                 +-----------------+

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