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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs capability
Keywords: One more question...
Message-ID: <34499@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 89 00:01:05 GMT
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In article <474@ncelvax.UUCP> charles@ncelvax.UUCP (Charles R. Lindsey Jr.) writes:
>[...] the salesman, attempting to
>press home the 'obvious' mac advantage, stated the the
>operating system is noway near as good as the Mac's.  That
>applications, a number of them anyway, can not be launched by
>clicking the folder.  Is this true, or is this more smoke?

The operating system and toolbox are really nice; but that's probably
not what your dealer was talking about.  The operating system is
something that only programmers need to deal with when they're writing
applications.

From the user's point of view, things are still pretty nice.

Double-clicking on a *folder* in the Finder never launches anything--it opens
up the folder (the GS works the same as the Macintosh in this respect).
Double-clicking on an Application icon launches the application--no problem
there.

Double-clicking on a *document* icon on the Macintosh almost always launches
the application that created that document, on the Macintosh.

The Apple IIgs Finder allows applications to work that way, too--but some of
them don't take advantage of it.  You can still launch the application and
then Open the document from inside the application.

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