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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 7.0 concern & wish list (LONG)
Keywords: System 7.0, Finder, filenames
Message-ID: <2055@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 12 Oct 89 12:28:01 GMT
References: <8821@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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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.

"Rather" is an understatement... But I liked it.

>** Claimer:  These ideas and opinions are strictly my own, but if you like
>			 them, you can have them, too.  They're free.
>		  

Thanx. Yes, DON'T USE FILENAME EXTENSIONS FER GOSSAKE ! (Now that's said)
And LET THE USER CHANGE THE VERSION NUMBER in the "info". I mean, he can
change the "SIZE" resource IN USE (two copies - original and in use) so why
not the "vers" resource ? (N.b. this would be the definate end of files with
no resource fork: you'll have to store data about the file IN THE FILE
(that's logical anyway) and keep a copy in the desktop for performance
reasons.)

And yeah, more things should use the option key. I mean, it's got to be there
for some reason !? Why have Command-Shift-# for function keys, when you can
use the option key ? Or Ctrl-Cmd-Shift-Cokebottle for "hidden" things in
applications ? Or the SHIFT key to change menu selections meanings ? USE
the option key ! (This was also brought up before)

And, of course, give me protected memory. If anyone cares to mail me the
docs for the MMU, I'll hack an init that does this (well... no promises :-)

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