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From: dh07+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Hairston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re^5: finder irritation
Message-ID: <AZEpkn200WB78QuEYr@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 18:45:07 GMT
Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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[jsp@key.COM (James Preston) replies:]

[[(David Hairston) writes:]]
>>on the mac, file copying/moving is almost too simple.
    {stuff deleted...}
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>Different strokes for different folks.  Not everyone does things the way you
>do, and trying to tell someone that his complaint is not valid because he
>can change his method of operation and thereby remove the irritation is not
>acceptable.  I don't like to clutter my screen with unnecessary windows.  I
>don't normally open a folder unless it is absolutely necessary.  To copy
>a file from folder A to folder B, it is not required that you open folder B,
>only that you can see it.  So your "solution" ("all you need to do is hit a
>pixel in that window") just doesn't work for me. ...
    {stuff deleted...}
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the point that i was trying to make was that if you "thoughtfully"
isolate your destination folder (or folder window) before you work with
the source window you'll save yourself a lot of trouble. it's a simple
procedure, it works and you don't have to try it if you don't want to.
i think the original "irritation" is somewhat silly in light of this fact.
.
>command lines [are] not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.  Folks
>like you who seem to be saying, "Oh what are you complaining about? I don't
>have any problem with it, and anyway it's better than MS-DOS" are not being
>particularly helpful.  I would like to think that, in this forum, we could
>avoid both MS-DOS bashing and Mac bashing.  That someone could say, "Hey..."
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hey... i said "what are you complaining about and why do you think MS-DOS
and/or Unix is any better than the Mac interface?". again that's in light
of the trivial procedural work-around discussed previously. defending the
Mac does not constitute MS-DOS/Unix bashing in my book.
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>I hope that this doesn't sound like I'm flaming Mr. Hairston, because that is
>not my intent.  I'm sure that he meant to be helpful.  I'm only trying to
>point out that saying "You should change the way you do things" is not always
>the best solution.  --James Preston
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i'm only saying that if you try the procedural one-liner:
"to move files: isolate the destination folder first, then go to the source",
you may avoid some unneeded irritation. nothing more, nothing less. i hope
this doesn't sound like i'm offended ...

  -dave-
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu