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From: a_dent@vaxa.uwa.oz (Andy Dent, ph: 09 380 2620)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: finder irritations
Message-ID: <1186@vaxa.uwa.oz>
Date: 19 Oct 89 07:31:24 GMT
References: <111900082@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Western Australia
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In article <111900082@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, ddgg0881@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> I have two major irritations when using the finder:
> 
> 1. You have two folders open and you want to transfer or
> copy a file from one to the other. You click on the file
> you want to move and then its window comes to the front
> which totally obliterates your view of the destination folder.
> Yuck! it would have been easier to use DOS or UNIX.
> 
> 2. When using multifinder typically you have a lot of windows
> open for whatever applications you're using. If you go to the
> desktop these windows block out your view of the trashcan. It
> feels pretty bad when you can't even remove files.
> 
Which is exactly why I use DiskTop from CE Software - it has a MUCH better
interface to copying and deleting files and also a logical Move - across
volumes as well as between folders on the same volume!