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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 100 steps forward, 1 step back
Message-ID: <1991May28.162054.3820@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 28 May 91 04:20:54 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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I find that copying files from one floppy to another with only a single
floppy drive is a more fiddly business under System 7.0 than it was under
6.0.x. The Finder seems to want another look at the destination disk
before reading the files off the source disk, leading to an extra disk
swap. Also, I've on occasion ejected a floppy with no files on it, only
to have the system immediately ask me for it back again.

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

Also, I'm one of those people who likes icons to automatically snap
to a grid by default. I particularly like the fact that with Finder 7,
holding down the command key *toggles* the state of the "always grid
drags" option, so that you can still position an icon freely if you
want to--this wasn't the case with previous Finders.

However, it would be nice to able to adjust the parameters of the
grid, particularly the staggered grid. I'd like to be able to reduce the
icon "phase" (offset between even and odd columns), so that the icons
look more like they're in definite horizontal rows. If anybody knows how
to do this, I'd love to hear about it.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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