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From: clubmac@runx.OZ (Sydney University Macintosh Society)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Finder 5.4a2 questions
Message-ID: <603@runx.OZ>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 22:56:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 22:56:33 1987
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Reply-To: clubmac@runx.OZ (James Tiberius Kirk @ The Mutara Nebula)
Organization: RUNX  Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia.
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In article <7488@decwrl.DEC.COM> hunt@rsts32.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
>   I just got a copy of the Finder V5.4 Alpha 2 with a new system file.  I
>placed it on a floppy and booted it....
    
    I just received Finder 5.4b1 and System 3.3.
 
>   Here is what I saw..
> 
>1)  The Get Info stuff window has changed.  I think it looks alot nicer now
>but will break comments spacing as it is now 4 shorter lines, rather than
>3 long lines.

    It certainly looks *different* - but I like it.

>2)  The File menu has a new option 'Get privileges *P'.  Could this be the
>new system in Kernel, User apps in User mode stuff??  If it is, maybe the
>Get privs lets user tasks run in kernel mode.  Otherwise, alot of software
>will break expecting kernel mode access.  But the nice thing is, in user
>mode, you could recover from an application 'crash', as the application can
>not mess up much in user mode.

    The menu item "Get Privileges *P" is disabled in 5.4b1. My guess is as
    good as yours as to what it does. However, it only appears if the
    current system is 3.3. I tried it with System 3.2 and the menu item
    disappeared entirely.

>3)  The disk access speed seems quicker.  This is just subjective,  I haven't
>used floppies for a long time now (I have a Micah AT-20).

    It certainly is quicker - it returns to the desktop almost twice as fast
    as Finder 5.3. This is on an 800K floppy.

    Until it crashes on me, I'm using it instead of Finder 5.3.

To Apple: Don't you think you could learn a lot from distributing
beta test versions on the net, and getting back a lot of input?
Oh! That's right, Apple steers clear of the net.