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From: buzz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Mahboud Zabetian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: How to quit MF?(was Re: Quitting the Finder under MF)
Message-ID: <2191@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 26 Mar 88 10:03:08 GMT
References: <1316@ut-emx.UUCP> <7767@apple.Apple.Com> <2156@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <7785@apple.Apple.Com>
Reply-To: buzz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Mahboud Zabetian)
Organization: Advanced Technology, Princeton University
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In article <7785@apple.Apple.Com> goldman@apple.UUCP (Phil Goldman) writes:
>This was our thinking.  Was it unreasonable?  System software (including MF)
>is released every 6 months so it is always possible to add/change features.
>Are there other reasons for allowing MF to quit that I omitted?
>
>-Phil Goldman
>Apple Computer

How about in cases of applications(like Copy2Mac or Disk Express) that don't
always work like they are supposed to because "there are files that are open
or busy on this disk" since the finder will try to read any disk you insert
before your disk utility gets a chance to get its hands on it.

Or if you try to change the Finder(menus, icons...) with ResEdit, with MF, you
can't.

I think that if its not too hard, then maybe you should put in the option to
quit.  I know a lot of people who would love to be able to quit MF, add or
delete fonts, or DA's without having to reboot.  You're right Phil, it shouldn't
be that big a deal to reboot, but I, like many other people, sometimes can't do
that(like when I have my harddisk published via TOPS and there are others using
my volume).  But the emphasis is on "if its not too hard"(meaning: as long as it
doesn't make the MultiFinder file much bigger).
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