Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!microsoft!ericsc From: ericsc@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Schlegel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder Open Wish Message-ID: <7259@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 5 Aug 89 18:29:29 GMT References: Reply-To: ericsc@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Schlegel) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 18 In articledh07+@andrew.cmu.edu(David Hairston) writ... > [discussion of Standard File-style dialog box in the Finder] >in addition, i'd like that "open file dialog" to have two >windows, one containing only folders and the other containing only >non-folder type files within the currently selected folder. thus the >first window is used for movement and the second window for selection. A bit like the NeXT file system browser, which has multiple panes spanning a window which descend deeper into the directory hierarchy as you move to the right. This is (IMHO) a very wonderful feature of the NeXT. When the NeXT first came out someone posted to the net a Mac version of this browser, but apparently was contacted by NeXT and politely told to "cease and desist," or more uncomfortable legalese would follow. Doesn't bode well for this showing up in the Finder, but I agree, it would be nice. -eric -------- These opinions are MINE, ALL MINE!!!