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From: kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
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Subject: Re: Add a sound to 'opening a folder' ?
Summary: tell us about "Finder Sounds" format
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Date: 16 Jan 90 16:49:25 GMT
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In article <1514@castle.ed.ac.uk> erci18@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:
>	The file 'Finder Sounds' is part of the Sonic Finder written by
>Bill Gaver (ex Apple, now Xerox). It does give audio feedback ...
>System release 6.0.4 has all the hooks for sonic finder in
>place. ... If you have 6.0.4 all you need is the 'Finder Sounds'
>file to make it work. 

Could somebody who has a copy of "Finder Sounds" please post a
description?  (Mail me a copy???)  Is it possibly just a collection of
"snd " resources?  If so, could you tell us the numbers/names of the
sounds?  If the format is something else, please tell us what you can.
(If you know where we can get a real copy of "Finder Sounds", please
tell us.)

While you are at it, what does it sound like?  Are the sounds organic
things like a dragging sound when an icon is dragged, or are they the
bleeps and boops of a microwave oven or video game?

>If enough people ask Apple for it maybe they will release it. I think
>this is what Bill is hoping for anyway.

I would like to try it before I start telling Apple it is a good
thing.  Possible problem with releasing it: The Finder has been
rewritten for System 7.0.  Did Bill's work get brought over?

One more thing: Is the story about grabbing the wrong files and
releasing this be accident really true?  Any Apple folks allowed to
comment?  What other features did this put or not put into 6.0.4
Finder?

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Kent Borg                lloyd!kent@husc6.harvard.edu  or  ...!husc6!lloyd!kent
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