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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: User definable objects in Finder 7.0
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Date: 3 May 91 16:56:35 GMT
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In article <1991May2.151148.9565@umiami.ir.miami.edu>,
dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes:
> 
> 1) Hey, what about
us guys without color macs? :) (I know it's just an example)

What used to
be Colors is now Labels, and is available on all machines.  The list views
can show the label attached to each item.

> 2) If you drag a file onto an
application (which this trash substitute would 
> have to be), it will
launch and be slow EVERY time you put something into it. 
> In fact, what
if it was already launched? Do you have to quit each time?

It would have
to launch it the first time, but it can stay running.  I don't think the
program could be a faceless app, because then it couldn't receive the
events telling it what files to work on.