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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Subject: Re: System 7 aliases and grouping
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.063054.8283@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 06:30:54 GMT
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In article <1991Jun5.024448.17286@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:
|> The "drop to launch" function of system 7.0 is ok, but how can certain
|> applications pre-specify exactly which file types they accept?
|> Sometimes, only the user knows if an application can accept a certain
|> file type (i.e. a GIF created by some weirdo gif view with a weirdo
|> type).  This, unfortunately, is another example of "Backwardsware"
|> (loss of functionality) from Apple.
Get Understudy off ftp.apple.com (in dts/mac/hacks). It allows you
to set this up yourself (with a bit of ResEdit hacking). An example
of "Forwardsware"?
|> I was hoping that some day the finder would allow you to select and
|> launch a group of icons in DIFFERENT places (i.e. while holding down
|> shift, you could extend the selection to on icons in different folders
|> and on the desktop as well).  Unfortunately, system 7.0 hasn't
|> delivered this feature.  I hope it is being considered for system 8.0.
|> You still need the feature in order to launch an application with
|> source files from different places.
In list views, you can at least select any files on the same disk.
A step forward, especially with the new Find command (try its All
at Once option). For different disks, you are right - this is still a
problem - though aliases can be a help.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu