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From: stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Keywords: Future, Amiga, etc.
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.231445.1371@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 23:14:45 GMT
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In article <1991Jun20.160550.27873@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
> This is something the application should decid at run time, not the OS.
>For instance, I can load executables into most Amiga text editors and
>patch them. I can load IFF files and edit the headers if I want. I would
>be really fustrated if the OS refused to let me drop ANY file into a 
>text editor.

The Finder is NOT the OS.  Obviously, applications do decide at run time
what they'd like to open.  Drag and drop in the Finder allows the user
to avoid the step of launching an application only to find that it doesn't
understand that file type.  If the app will open that file type at all
then it can be opened via drag and drop.  It's just another timesaver,
not a fascist device.

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