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- From: stan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Stan Twiefel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: At Ease -- File maintenance?
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 18:58:24 GMT
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- In article <16B4C547F.UC580591@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu> UC580591@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Evan T. Carpenter) writes:
- >As far as this discussion goes, the question was brought to me
- >almost six months ago. I threw some ideas around, and bounced
- >some of my friend Matt Skipton. At the time we decided the thing
- >to do was to hide things as has been mentioned. Someone felt that
- >was to extreme, and now they are looking for new ideas. By the
- >time that all of their requirements are met, it gets pretty
- >complicated. We know that a machine will still boot from a hidden
- >System Folder, and Matt says that AtEase can also use applications
- >which are hidden. The simple solution; set AtEase to run exactly
- >how you would like, hide EVERYTHING leaving only an alias of
- >AtEase on the Desktop, and do NOT require a password to exit to
- >Finder. Does that answer the question? I have had to solve more
- >difficult question which have required; "removing" the Finder all
- >together, having the machine shut down at a certain time, having a
- >stand alone application to delete files, and having a hard drive
- >with more than one System Folder on it. Yey my ideas may be crazy,
- >but at least I have thoughts to call my own. College has made me
- >cynical, it is time for me to leave.
- >
- >"I am a giant opinion in my own mind..."
-
- hmm.. this is pretty close to what I want, but not quite.. for a few reasons:
- 1) What happens when the AtEase alias gets trashed? Then you have to go
- over there, make the folder visible, make an alias, drag it onto the
- desktop, make the folder invis, etc etc
- 2) You still cannot double-click on a document on a floppy (or the hard drive
- for that matter) and have it launch the application because the finder
- does not recognize apps in invis folders.
-
- all i'd be gaining by this is a folder of big buttons users can click on
- to launch an app (assuming they figure out how to launch AtEase after the guy
- before then quit it...) I could do the same thing by making an alias to
- each app and throwing all the aliases on the desktop and not even purchasing
- AtEase. save a lot of money.
-
- It was a nice idea, though...
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