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From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: finder 4.1 stuff (& bugs)
Message-ID: <637@digi-g.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 12:28:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 12:28:47 1985
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    The new finder (4.1) is pretty good, with just a few gripes:

1) Window stats (#items in file, #K used, etc) is not in boldface anymore.
Boldface makes the stats distinct from filenames.  Now they are in the same
font.

2) Put Back is gone.  I never use it, but some people did.

3) A bug:  when I have a folder open, and the window covers the folder icon
(i.e. you open the folder and it opens up, covering the original folder icon),
the arrow cursor changes to the I-bar text cursor when it is over the obscured
folder's name.  It should only do this if the icon is in the active window.

4) Another bug: New empty folders & opening the trash, etc, have a thumbslide
at the bottom, as if there is something off the left side of the window.
Scrolling left reveals nothing and makes the thumbslide vanish.

5) YAB:  Having NO visible desk accessories (just .printer, in my case) makes
it crash & burn.  You need at least 1 visible desktop entry.  Try it.
Took me a while to figure that it wasn't me, it was the new finder.
(I would like independant confirmation of this).  Please fix this one.
I sometimes like making minimal finder/systems with no DA's, and only
required fonts.

6) Monaco 9 still shows O & 0 identically, I & l (with | not much different).
Also, the X is still ugly.  Slash that zero!  Cap that 'I'!  Tote that barge!
(oh well, I fixed it myself)

Good stuff:

1) New Folder instead of an empty folder lying around.  Something good they
stole from GEM

2) A little 'lock' appears in the stat line of a locked folder's window.

3) Faster, etc., also the automatic thumbslide vanishing (see above)

4) You can move, edit names, etc, of files listed non-iconically

Merlyn Leroy
Iconoclast