Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:4057 comp.sys.mac.programmer:23324 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: User interface issues (was Re: Dialog Modality) Message-ID: <51173@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 4 Apr 91 20:07:42 GMT References: <1991Apr4.024724.27910@midway.uchicago.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 27 In article <1991Apr4.024724.27910@midway.uchicago.edu> jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) writes: >In article baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes: >>On a slightly different note, I was very disappointed that the >>standard file dialog had changed so little in System 7. Given how >>long Super Boomerang and similar standard file extenders have been on >>the market (and how popular they are), I would have thought that Apple >>would have spent some time improving on it. This subject comes up every now and then. Apple comes out with a system, someone comes up with a utility to enhance the system, Apple comes out with a system upgrade that doesn't include the utility, and people complain. But don't forget, many people out there are earning their livings from such utilities. Boomerang is now published by Now. If we were to incorporate it into the system, Now would not be making as much money. Would Apple be acting responsibly if it were to shut out all opportunities for 3rd parties? Over on the Apple II forum, all you ever hear is "The Apple II is so great because of all the neat hacks that are available on it!" -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "But where the senses fail us, reason must step in." - Galileo