Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu!hamilton From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MFS folders (was Re: Tell me: what was System 1.0 like?) Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 06:31:18 GMT References: <1991May14.233935.18192@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> <1991May15.171142.1992@MDI.COM> <1991May15.213025.4568@midway.uchicago.edu> <5106@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 47 sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) writes: >In article <1991May15.213025.4568@midway.uchicago.edu> jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) writes: [stuff about MFS deleted] >However, I wish it didn't make you drag items individually when moving >a folder to an MFS disk. For better or for worse, the mac has always >had a kind of dwim attitude. As an example, when you move a file from >one disk to another, it copies the file instead of moving it. When >moving a folder to an MFS disk, it could put up a dialog telling you >that the files will be taken out of their folders for you and give you >the option of cancelling. >Now that I think about it, I think I'd be happier if it gave you the >option of moving or copying when you drag a file from one disk to >another. How often do you want to move stuff from disk to disk? what about people who use the finder and syquest cartridges for backups (not the most elegant solution, but I'd be upset if it stopped working. And no, duplicating all the files on the source drive and then moving the copies doesn't count for quite a few reasons). What if I want to drag something from a server to my machine at a users group meeting? I can't very well duplicate it on a read only server. I don't mean to harp on this, but I've heard the 'it should move instead of copy' argument many times, and I just don't agree. > "You've just dragged the file 'Hitler' from disk 'Hell' to > disk 'Purgatory.' Would you like to move it or just make a > duplicate copy?" I'd hate to see that for the above situation of using the finder to back up a hard drive. Basically, if the file's being put on a different drive (especially in today's network-intense world, it's _not_ a duplicate copy as you suggest - at least not logically. >-Sho >-- >sho@physics.purdue.edu <<-- when I grow up, I want to be a > user-interface policeman. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu " I feel a lot more like I do now that I did before I got here " - can't remember who