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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need some MF help
Message-ID: <28586@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 89 22:18:57 GMT
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In article <43549@XAIT.Xerox.COM> dee@XAIT.Xerox.COM (Donald Eastlake) writes:

>What is this Set Aside feature and is it really easier than just being able
>to click on the icons??

The lastest MultiFinder adds a Set Aside item to the Apple menu.  Slecting
this hides all the applications and grays out the application icon in the
Apple menu.  Holding down the Option key changes the item to Set Aside
Others.  If you do this in the Finder, then you will have access to all the
Finder icons (subject to where Finder windows are).  There are other
power-user features, but that's the basic idea.

Set Aside gives the user a way to click on the icons, even if an
application's window happens to be covering them, although it requires 1
extra step.  

>I suppose but users want convenient software RIGHT NOW and I am not going
>to make my product inferior because of edicts from the thought police.

As always, the price you pay for now listening to the "thought police" is a
risk that your program won't work as you might desire on future systems.  If
you are willing to take that risk and/or provide "unexpected" updates to
your program then you should go ahead and add the feature.  

One of Tech Support's jobs is to warn developers of upcoming changes.  Often
they cannot talk about the exact new feature that's coming, and can only
warn not to do something right now.  It is usually worthwhile to listen to
what they say, and decide if you want to ignore the warning.



		 Larry Rosenstein,  Object Specialist
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