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From: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The Last Screensaver
Message-ID: <12894@santra.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 88 07:42:24 GMT
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Reply-To: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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In article <3240@saturn.ucsc.edu> alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes:
>said that The Font/DA mover is not a user-friendly program. When the
>"new" operating system is ready, I can only hope that the Font/DA Mover
>is replaced as an integral part of the Finder (or whatever it'll be)

I think that the Finder should be smaller than it is now. The way I can see
this done is to make it modular. The current Finder could have separate modules
for "Get Info", "Set Startup" and "Folder Priviledges". The smallest possible
Finder would then be slightly less than what the Finder is now and the largest
possible might resemble ResEdit. The interface to these modules should be quite
complex so that almost any type of customization would be possible. Putting
the module files into a "Finder Folder" should install them.

If this doesn't sound feasible, maybe Apple should consider making two separate
Finders. There are still a lot of applications where a hard disk based Mac is
not practical. (The most important being a "shared mac", where more than ten
persons use the same machine daily).

Juri Munkki
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi
jmunkki@fingate.bitnet

P.S.	I really like the idea of external program modules.
		SoundWave
		HyperCard
		Fourth Dimension
		VersaCAD
		Apple File Exchange
		ResEdit
		The Macintosh System
	Are there any others?