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From: emil@rochester.UUCP (Emil Rainero)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: New Finder Feature???
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 09:34:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 09:34:02 1985
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One good reason for being able to put files on the desktop is to select 
multiple files in diffent folders/volumes and force an application in a
different folder/volume to open the document(s).  I seem to be doing this all
the time with Edit/File/MacWrite and downloaded text files. Having to have
both the application and document in the same folder if the documents creater
is not the application is a major pain.  Equally important, why can't I select
multiple files in different folders/volumes?  This seems like a reasonable 
thing to have.  How many times have you had to do a painfully slow finder
file copy just to do something simple like open multiple files.


****FLAME ON****
If Apple really thinks that it is easier to convince 300,000 users that you
really don't need desktop files rather than spending a little extra coding
time doing it better, they are (I hope) sadly mistaken.
****FLAME OFF****



	Emil Rainero
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