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From: ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: ResEdit nostalgia (reprise)
Message-ID: <1115.26b46ea3@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 30 Jul 90 05:30:11 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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After three weeks of keeping them both on my hard disk, I still
finding myself reaching for ResEdit 1.2 rather than 2.0b2. Particularly
if you just want to look at or change file type/creator information,
1.2's file/folder picker windows are *much* more convenient than
Standard File, which is what 2.0 uses. Modelessness wins out over
modality again, I guess...

Also, I question the usefulness of those cute icons you now get to
show each resource type. I just find that they reduce the number of types
that can be displayed in the window, without telling me anything I
don't already know. It might be useful if they told you whether
ResEdit actually had an editor for each type, but they don't even do
that.

The point I'm trying to make is that people who use ResEdit aren't
novice users: any ease-of-use enhancements should be aimed at people
with a certain level of sophistication, and I just think that the icon
display--in its present form--misses the mark.

Don't get me wrong: I *like* the new editors and pickers (question:
does the "snd " picker emulate HyperCard's bugs as well...?). Has
anybody tried to see if the new editors/pickers work with the old ResEdit?
I guess I could be the first...

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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