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From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Application switching attributes (was Re: Remember Black Box?)
Message-ID: <1990Mar11.145224.27026@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 90 14:52:24 GMT
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In article <1990Mar8.181228.18711@smsc.sony.com> dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes:
>In article <4197@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes:
>>> the ability to have windows associated with a
>>> running app disappear while in another app -- clicking on that app makes
>>> them reappear
>>
>>Wait for System 7.0. That will be in the Apple menu. Or at least beta
>>MultiFinders I have seen exhibit that feature. It's called "Put Away"...
>
>"Set Aside..." (from MultiFinder 6.1b*) is nice, but it may not be the
>same behavior.  Sometimes, I'd like to say "only show me one
>application's windows at a time", but it would be nice to be able to
>mark applications with various types of behavior.

Just a note:  If you hold down Option while choosing "Set Aside" in
MF1.6bx, it changes to "Set Aside Others" and lets you, obviously, set
aside all the other programs.  What this does is simply hide their
windows...  If the program is really multifinder friendly, such as
Smartcom, you can continue working (downloading, specifically) while
you are working in another program.

-- 

	-=Alan=-
	aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu