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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Finder 7.0 suggestion
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Date: 15 Jul 90 20:14:00 GMT
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> I'm curious, too, about the possible features which you mentioned.  Do
> you really want software that second-guesses your intent to the extent
> of weeding out objects smaller than an arbitrary size, or 'fixing'
> your angles because they're improper?  I'd sure want to have a backup
> copy before I submitted my work to software like that...:-)

The program would not be much different from "Align Objects" in most
draw programs, and UNDO would of course be enabled by the application
program.  And it would be configurable, much like Align Objects is in
most programs.

In my opinion, many draw programs could benefit from more powerful
semantic checking of the pictures produced.  I have sketched
approximately 200 pictures on the macintosh, mostly using MacDraw II
and Canvas, and I find that these programs need to provide much more
constraint-enforcement and result-checking in order to support
efficient sketching.  Grid on/off just doesn't hack it, in my opinion.