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- From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
- Subject: Re: How MS could annoy Apple
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.225417.26591@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
- Organization: DSO, Stanford University
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 22:54:17 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- Daniel Norman Johnson writes
- >>The NeXT *does* allow you to see two directories at one time:
- >>pull down two file viewers. They work like the Mac's Finder
- >>windows in this regard.
- >
- > Uh, no. The Mac does *not* work like that. I know if you start
- > a second file viewer you can have them view different thigns, but
- > that's a pain. I find it more convinient to double-click on a
- > folder and have it open in its own window. This is how the Mac
- > works. As far as I can tell, this is the thing the NeXT does
- > not do.
-
- Sure it does. Select a folder and hit Command-O. The folder will
- open in its own viewer window. Not as instantaneous as
- double-clicking, perhaps, but just as effectiva. And any speed
- advantage you might gain by the Mac approach is negated by the need
- to go back and close all those folder windows later; if you're just
- browsing, you often don't need them open.
-
- > ... I never have to open more
- > than 4 [finder windows]. Generally this doesn't happen tho
- > as I can just hold down the option key and then whenever I
- > open a folder, the window I double-clicked in to do it closes.
-
- So how do you trace your steps back? I find the NeXT viewer's
- graphical path a very useful tool.
-
- > Or I can use list views to put more than one level in one window.
-
- Sounds like the NeXT viewer in browser mode.
-
- > I also use aliases to shortcut through what is there, so most
- > of the time I can get to the file I want by opening one window,
- > either from the Desktop of my Apple Menu.
- >
-
- The NeXT viewer's shelf lets you do this.
-
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- -
- Stefano Pagiola
- Food Research Institute, Stanford University
- spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
- spagiola@FRI-nxt-Pagiola.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
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