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Subject: Re: 7.0b4 bugs was( Re The NEW desktop)
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tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>How about the one in Finder 7.0b4 where if you have a folder window open with
>all your icons fitting  nicely inside the window (via the zoom box) and do a
>'clean up desktop' that causes some of the icons to be rearranged and placed
>in a row above the top row -- the scroll bars are not updated and you can't
>scroll up to see the hidden icons. The fix to that is either to close the
>window and reopen it or resize the window with the zoom box. Granted it's
>a cosmetic bug, but it's still a bug. :)

>Also, in 7.0b4, VM seems to cause more problems that it is worth. (I'm running
>it on an SI without a co-processor). Some inits like Software FPU will not
>run properly if VM is enabled. It thinks that I have a hardware FPU installed
>(I wish :) ). What's in VM that changes the way the machine appears to
>applications? The second implication is, how stable will it be in the final
>version? Will it be at the mercy of improperly written applications?
>(horrible thought!)

>So are the bugs still there in 7.0fc2 ? (wow, the version numbers are moving 
>along quickly!)

>tcwan@umiami.miami.edu


The cosmetic window bug is gone, but PseudoFPU still doesn't work.  However,
I have discovered that Excel (a big IIsi offender) works fine (as far as I can tell) on a IIsi without PseudoFPU installed.

have any other programs you'd like to know about?


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