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From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: A REPLACEMENT FOR THE FINDER BESIDES DISKTOP?
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.144433.612@otago.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Jun 91 05:01:02 GMT
References: <1991Jun25.025527.3717@cs.dal.ca> <43656@cup.portal.com> <81138@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <22437@duke.cs.duke.edu>
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In article <22437@duke.cs.duke.edu>, tbd@neuro (Tristan Davies) writes:
> Pardon my flames, but...
> Why would you want to replace the finder? It's the heart of the Mac! 
> It's what makes the Mac so fun to use! Et cetera, ad nauseum.
> 
> Seriously, the reason Macs are so straightforward, IMHO, is because
> you don't have to type anything in to locate, open, copy, delete, or
> move documents and programs, which means not having to remember
> commands which, while sensible once you understand them, take time to
> learn.  So hip-hip-hooray for the finder, and for the intuitive
> finder replacements like DiskTop, but boo hiss to the idea of
> replacing the finder with an ms-dos-like interface.

Well, you know what they say: "Different strokes for different
folks." Believe it or not, some people actually *prefer* a
command-line! Myself, I would rather see the Finder enhanced with
a scripting language (which is supposedly in the works, hooray!).
There are some things which you just can't do very easily with a
graphical interface, but can do in a few lines in a command
language. But all that aside, I still love graphical interfaces!

-- 
See ya
                                Nigel.
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