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From: awessels@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Rumor -> Loss of Mac's 20% advantage over Windows 3.0
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Date: 5 Jul 90 03:45:12 GMT
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In article <886@mdavcr.UUCP> ewm@mdavcr.UUCP (Eric W. Mitchel) writes:

>	  satisfy some search criterion with a single command.  Try opening
>	  the directory window on your hard disk when the screen is filled
>	  with a Word4 window (without moving/resizing the Word window).
>	  Lets be realistic - the Mac interface is among the best, but has

I'll agree that the Mac could use a good CLI.  However, just as DOS has 
utilities that would allow you to delete wildcard files across directories,
the Mac has utilities that let you do similar manipulations.  There is a 
program called Batfiler that I think allows you to do the delete.  

Your window problem is easily solved.  Using Layout 1.9 or RedEdit, modify the
LAYO resource in the Finder to allow a double click on the title bar of an
open window to open the parent window (Finder windows, of course).  This works
very well for me.

From my point of view, Apple's biggest problem is that it seems to think that
if it isn't obvious how to do something with the Mac, then nobody needs to 
know about it.  Ever tried to thread the Aple tech support maze?  Good luck.

- Allen