Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!harris.cis.ksu.edu!paryavi From: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: System 7.0 concern & wish list (LONG) Keywords: System 7.0, Finder, filenames Message-ID: <4017@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> Date: 11 Oct 89 02:25:32 GMT References: <8821@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@deimos.cis.ksu.edu Reply-To: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) Distribution: comp Organization: Kansas State University, Dept of Computing & Information Sciences Lines: 17 In article <8821@spool.cs.wisc.edu> tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu (Anthony Rich) writes: >This rather long posting is: > 1) An observation about the conventional use and abuse of filenames. > 2) An plea to Apple to prevent things from getting worse in System 7.0. > 3) A few suggestions as to how that could be done. > One other addition that would be nice is a small visible area (maybe a small question mark icon) under the file/folder name that one could click to get the information stored in the Get Info part of the file instantly right there on the desktop. -- Saiid Paryavi Computer Science Dept. Internet: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu Nichols Hall BITNET: paryavi@ksuvax1.bitnet Kansas State University UUCP: {rutgers, texbell}!ksuvax1!harry!paryavi Manhattan, KS 66506