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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: finder irritations
Message-ID: <1083@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 89 19:05:48 GMT
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Reply-To: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
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Well, allowing multiple items to be selected in multiple windows would
be nice in the finder EXCEPT, for instance, if you forgot that you selected
a file somewhere and then subsequently did something that you wouldn't
have wanted to do to that particular file (or group of files).

Also, since this has something to do with windowing... this would leave open
the possibility of having multiple text selections in multiple windows
in programs.  And if you really wanted to extend the capabilities of this
feature... why not allow multiple items selected in multiple windows of
multiple APPLICATIONS??  You see the problems that this sort of thinking
creates?

Bill Taroli
WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu