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From: chris@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Chris Schanzle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Finder improvements (really Apple docs gripe)
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Date: Sat, 1-Aug-87 22:37:16 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  1 22:37:16 1987
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> 	1. Command-open (Command-double click) closes frontmost window and
> 	opens subdirectory simultaneously.
> 	2. Command-close (Command-close box) closes current window and
> 	opens (or brings frontmost) parent direntory (window).
> 	3. Some undefined thing pops up parents and children to the
> 	frontmost (directory) window in a menu.



> None of these things are inherently unix-like.  They are mearly conveniences,
> like option-close box closing all the windows (in the Finder).  Because
> they are command key modified, they fall under the class of things on the
> Mac that no user ever HAS to know about.

Now this is EXACTLY what I hate about Apple's distribution of updated 
software.  I certainly have had a use for these features, but I have NEVER
SEEN THESE DOCUMENTED.  Perhaps they have been, but the existance  of
the documentation and how to get it isn't well known.  Why doesn't Apple
include a text file with updates listing all *special* command, option,
shift and all the combinations with their updates?  (Obviously we don't
need to know the command-key equivalents since they're listed in the menus.)
Things like Shift-Clicking on the print dialog box when selecting normal
quality printing for bi-directional print motion.  Does anybody know of a
good source of this documentation?  How to get it?  

I disagree with the above in that they fall under the class of things on
the Mac that no user Has to know about.  It's these damn "undocumented
features" that make the Mac frustrating to use at time.  Don't get me
wrong, I like the Mac better than any other machine in it's price category.

Oh well, enough griping...I had to get it out of my system.  -- 
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