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From: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Bringing Finder frontmost after Startup Items run
Summary: Oh, come on!
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.055951.10649@news.media.mit.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 05:59:51 GMT
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In article <18154@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
>In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes:
>
>>In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:
>>>
>>>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes:
>>>> 	There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any 
>>>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the 
>>>
>>>Sounds like a better way than a special app.  So maybe I won't post
>>>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-)
>>>-- michael
>
>Right.

Wrong!!  What if I don't WANT my hard disk window open at every boot?  I
don't, you know.  I DO, however, want the Finder frontmost, so that I can have
a consistent starting place for each day's Mac-ing.  If I can have a little
app that runs at startup and puts the Finder in the front, that's just what I
want.  

>
>>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway?  We can ALWAYS use
>>more neato utilities for 7.0!
>>-- 
>
>Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the
>system when you can already do what the hack does?  Just spreads
>possible incompatibilities.

Oh, come on!  Give it a rest, eh?  Sure, you can already do what the hack
does.  How about if you can't do it as easily?  That's what most of these
inits do -- make it EASIER to do things, like open applications, find
documents, etc.

Please, Michael, release your hack.  If I want to use it, I will.  If I don't,
I won't.    (I will, though.... :-))

--Mike