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From: srpenndo@uokmax.UUCP (Sean Richard Penndorf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 8.0: no more DA's.
Message-ID: <2134@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 88 18:00:43 GMT
References: <552@unocss.UUCP>
Reply-To: srpenndo@uokmax.UUCP (Sean Richard Penndorf)
Organization: Ultimatum Software
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In article <552@unocss.UUCP> dent@unocss.UUCP (Dave Caplinger) writes:
=>If the December 6th MacWEEK is correct (specifically, Mac the Knife),
=>then there will be no more Desk Accessories, starting with System 8.0
=>(Yeah, but will they do multi-tasking, and virtual memory by then? :-).
=>
=>Sure, I can see the point; multitasking removes the need for them.  But,
=>what are they going to do with Control Panel, and the many many CDEV
=>files lying around?  (And while (some of us) are talking about improvements
=>does anyone else feel that the current Control Panel scheme of "throw the
=>file in the System Folder and it works" is a little kludgy?  I have so many
=>files in my system folder that I can't see them all on an SE's screen.

Well, totally getting rid of DA's is not a smart move.  There should be a
means where you can still access the DA's (either via Multi-Finder or
Finder) from the Apple Menu.  DA's are an integral part of the Mac User
Interface.

Granted, the "throw it in the System Folder" theory needs some work.

Here's my two pence...  Under Mutlti-Finder, it would be nice to have an
application that is a DA Manager, where either under the File Menu or otherwise
you can access the DA's and the DA Manager will work as the shell.  In this
way, the DA's could be anywhere on the disk, and would be loaded into memory
only when called.  Optionally, Apple could make a INIT or program similar
to SuitCase which would load up the DA's, Fonts, etc, based on user input
or macros.  Say when working in Application X, you prefer to have Fonts
1, 2, and 3, but when in Application Y, you prefer 3, 6, and 9.
The problem comes when the user decides not to use Multi-Finder.  
(Or are we assuming that the Mac system will run only in a Multi-Finder mode?)

Summary, the user should still be able to access his/her DA's through the
Apple menu in some way under the "New System" with better flexibility and
control over where they reside on the disk.  I can see the makers of SuitCase
taking advantage of this.  

...A little off the subject, but rather than post another message...
Shouldn't there be a "Master Key" to press to override any and all INITS
from loading?  Sure would be nice.


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Sean 'Longstride' Penndorf
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