Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:4075 comp.sys.mac.programmer:23339 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: User interface issues (was Re: Dialog Modality) Message-ID: <0B010004.d4gz4b@outpost.UUCP> Date: 5 Apr 91 09:34:49 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 38 X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.3 In article <51173@apple.Apple.COM>, keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes: > > 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? There needs to be a balance here. Some things should be put into system software others shouldn't. And remember that Apple does things there own way - look at MultiFinder vs Switcher :-) There's no way that Apple would implement the functionality of SuperBoomerang the way it's done now. I can hear it now, "Why did Apple screw up System 7.1 with the awful new Std File dialog? I'm going to keep using SuperBoomerang!" -- michael P.S. I'm quite happy that Apple didn't make my AppSizer obsolete - though I really wouldn't mind it all that much... -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE