Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:1460 comp.sys.mac.system:1416 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!utkcs2!ornl.gov!wnn From: wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Per-User Preferences (was: Extended command keys.) Message-ID: <1990Sep7.191432.3643@cs.utk.edu> Date: 7 Sep 90 19:14:32 GMT Sender: news@cs.utk.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Univ. of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Lab. Lines: 34 References: <2768@network.ucsd.edu> <11128@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1990Sep4.172034.23034@cbnews.att.com> <1990Sep5.143446.21834@cs.utk.edu> <1518@camex.COM> In article <1518@camex.COM> kent@circus.camex.com (Kent Borg) writes: > . . . what *is* the correct Chooser name? The Chooser name might > be the name of the person using the computer or it might be the name > of the computer. You are right! This really is quite a design flaw. Apple should have put two fields in there, one for the Machine Name/Location and a second one for the User Name. > As for sets of preferences, I think the Mac is best as a personal > computer. To warp the personal aspects so as to make it more of a > multiuser computer seems a mistake. Here, I don't agree. People move around a lot. They have a need to use computers in different locations. Many can't afford a MacPortable and even if they can, they may find it inconvenient to lug around--or inadequate in computing power or screen size. Most of us don't carry cellular phones around either, we rely on phones being available, but we us our personal Foncard. We rely on hotel rooms, but we usually bring our own toothbrush. Easily loadable preferences sets do not make a multi-user system our of a Mac, they make it a M O R E P E R S O N A L computer! By analogy, taking some personal items along when staying in a hotel room makes us feel more comfortable, it doesn't make that room more similar to a dormitory. Wolfgang N. Naegeli Internet: wnn@ornl.gov Bitnet: wnn@ornlstc Phone: 615-574-6143 Fax: 615-574-6141 QuickMail (QM-QM): Wolfgang Naegeli @ 615-574-4510 Snail: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6206