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From: 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz)
Subject: Re: About the Finder... (was Re: System 7.0 screwyness/Neat Finder feat
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In <277725.28489468@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:


>draphsor@elaine39.Stanford.EDU (Matt Rollefson) writes:

[]

>From a long line of them, and not yet.  And I'm glad to see that
>I'm still in the "Inclined" column, and not yet in the
>"severely-minded" column.

>I don't object to the simple existence of these cute items;
>however, in a severely RAM-limited environment like a Plus or
>Classic (and it won't be long before the 10 meg limit on the LC
>will seem crowded), every byte counts.  If you want the cutesies
>on your 128MB fx with the 660MB Wren Runner, fine.  On my Plus
>w/40 meg Quantum (there are still bunches of these previously
>expensive systems in use, and even Apple is selling a Classic
>2/40), spare me the 20 bytes that each cutesie costs in RAM and
>couple of K it costs in disk space.  Give me that space to be
>productive in, not to watch Apple's moving pictures in.

>--Adam--
 
Well, we REAL computer users prefer our computer applications to
be short-and-sweet -- the utility is designed what it's supposed to do.
 
However.....a majority of the computer market doesn't know a bit from a byte.
I'm talking about business people, students, and every other joe out there.
The only thing they see with a computer is the pretty graphics and
intuitive graphic features.  When they see a cutesy graphic, they tend
to get its meaning (they get cute and happy).
 
Computer users are efficiency maniacs.   We dont care for the wasting 
'extras'.
 
The person that decides these 'extras' is Apple.  They feel these 'extras'
should be kept.  There is far too many businesses to get contracts with,
compared to the every-day run-of-the-mill computer guru.
 
> 
>--  
>Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH
 

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