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From: upl@puff.WISC.EDU (Future Unix Gurus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: More on "improving" Finder
Message-ID: <932@puff.WISC.EDU>
Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 23:50:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: puff.932
Posted: Fri Aug  7 23:50:19 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 11:42:43 EDT
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Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Summary: Shareware and PD DA's already do the job...


Regarding the "need" to have the Finder display Paint and text files:

There are a number of desk accessories around that will do this for you and
since they are DA's, they are available everywhere (not all of us use the 
Finder much, anyway). Artisto is capable of displaying paint files, and there
is another DA out there (I can't remember the name) that will display PICT
files as well as paint. As far as displaying files of type TEXT, MockWrite 
and miniWRITER both do a nice job of it, and are fairly inexpensive shareware
items. If you want to see a MacWrite (non-text) file, the View DA from TopDesk
will do the trick. If you complain about taking up valuable DA slots, then use
one of the shareware solutions (Double Apple or Other), one of the patch
methods for the Font/DA Mover, or the commercial Suitcase product. I agree
with something that Chuq once said - why add functions to a program that 
already is cumbersome and has performace problems when there are inexpensive
third-party solutions that do the job and do it well?

Robert Hammen  upl@puff.cs.wisc.edu  {seismo,harvard,topaz}!spool!puff!upl
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