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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Iconic links??
Message-ID: <8154@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 5 May 89 04:07:21 GMT
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Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
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I was thinking of exactly this the other day!  The problem is figuring
out what folder to put applications or files in.  Most beginning users
make folders like ""Graphics" and "Word Processing" and "Letters."  Then
later go to folders organized by project.  The problem is that sometimes
a file belongs in two projects, or sometimes an application needs to be
in a folder to know where to get its files, but then you spend hours in
dialog boxes getting at your files.  UNIX has both hard and symbolic
links, and both would be really useful, displaying an icon anywhere,
regardless where the file really is.
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                                               - Scott