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From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
Subject: Re: System 7.0 fval vs LAYO
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References: <1991May20.162551.26756@afit.af.mil>
Date: 20 May 91 22:21:12 GMT
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In article <1991May20.162551.26756@afit.af.mil> lriggins@afit.af.mil (L.  
Maurice Riggins) writes:
> Okay... now that I found the trashcan icon in the System file vs the Finder,
> and I have my black cat back, gotta work on "re-staggering" icons.
> 
> Specifically, I used to have the staggering set so that the name of the
> lower icons slipped under the name of the upper icons, but were still above
> the icons in the row below.  Like so (excuse the character graphics):
> 
>     +----+                  +----+
>     |    |      +----+      |    |
>     |    |      |    |      |    |
> +---+----+---+  |    |  +---+----+----+
> +-----------++--+----+--++------------+
>             +------------+  
>     +----+                  +----+
>     |    |      +----+      |    |
>     |    |      |    |      |    |
> +---+----+---+  |    |  +---+----+----+
> +-----------++--+----+--++------------+
>             +------------+  
> 
> Now with 7.0, they're staggered so severely the names of the lower icons
> overlap the icons, covering the next level of icons with names:
  [skipping the rest...gad]

Yeah, that's the way I used to stagger the icons too.  Wish I could get that  
back, or something closer to that.  One of the few nits I have to pick about  
the 7.0 changes, most of the rest of the changes I like.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn   = gad@rpi.edu  or  gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
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