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- From: Peter Purgathofer <root@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at>
- Subject: Re: Dear Mr. Sculley (READ: Apple Shareholders Meeting)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.161626.25602@email.tuwien.ac.at>
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- References: <40J4oB2w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Aug10.150116.11959@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1992Aug13.112314.21246@email.tuwien.ac.at> <23127@io.camcon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:16:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.112314.21246@email.tuwien.ac.at> I wrote:
- >* I want the "View by" command in finder to be extended to work on
- selection of
- >files, e.g. having some files shown as a list, and some other as icons.
- This
- >could work just like in ClarisWork, where you can show multiple-lined
- text in
- >the spreadsheed by just dragging a frame.
-
- I've been thinking of this longer now, and I even would like to be able
- to dragopen a text-field (like in hypercard) in finder-windows, to leave
- messages to people. Maybe this could be accomplished with some
- PostIt-Metaphor...
-
- >The following stuff relates to the point above about the quality
- control. The
- >PowerBooks have come out with some flaws, that wouldnt show up after
- more user
- >testing. And obviously there were no special powerbook utilities
- developed,
- >because all the stuff seems to be from the portable (see below)
-
- and
-
- >* I want an init for my PowerBook to change the caps lock key to, eg,
- >command-caps lock. I dont use it often but switching it by accident.
-
- and
-
- >* I want a cdev (or utility) for more accurate control of the power
- saving
- >features of my powerbook, eg. spinning down the disk by hand without
- sleeping
- >the mac. I have powersleep, but sometimes i just want to sleep the hard
- drive.
- >The program I have (Portable) seems to be suited for the protable, it
- says to
- >switch off the backlight, but it doesnt. Get a real PB-utility!
-
- I found these things on ftp.apple.com in /pub/powerbook, so take them as
- obsolete...
-
- So this is all for today, maybe i think of more aspects...
-
- Peter Purgathofer
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