Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Inappropriate dialog under 7.0... Message-ID: Date: 10 Jun 91 21:16:45 GMT References: <13360@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu's message of 10 Jun 91 15: 56:40 GMT In article <13360@pt.cs.cmu.edu> hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) writes: >[norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) writes:] >[] Well, I don't know of any "move" command in the Finder. I'm suggesting it's >[] either the metaphor that's got to change, or your perception of "moving" >[] ... >perhaps the wording could change for those who would confuse >moving and copying but it should be noted that on the Mac >(Finder) copying files has never implied moving. the confusion >is introduced by ... let's say, outsiders ... Not so. The Finder now sometimes puts up dialogs that say "Moving." Of course, this is only when it's doing stuff inside suitcases (at least that's the only time I've seen it), but the different metaphor is there now. -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Welcome to the Real World. Enjoy the | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | show. | \============================================================================/