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- From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: File Sharing Broken?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.091008.11347@panix.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 09:10:08 GMT
- References: <1051@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <65012@cup.portal.com> <1992Sep1.163950.5356@panix.com> <Btwv3I.HAM@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko) writes:
- >alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen) writes:
- >>Even in Finder 7.0.1, Apple has yet to follow the rules it itself laid down
- >>many years ago, about providing sufficient background time. This is rediculous.
-
- >Does this also hold under generic MacOS 7.0.1? In other words, should
- >we do the same under MacOS?
-
- Absolutely. It's critical if you want to use any non-dedicated file-sharing
- software on the Mac not to leave the finder in the foreground. Under
- multifinder it's sufficient to bring up a DA like the Alarm Clock. Apps
- like word work fine too. (How amazing. Something from MicroSoft does something
- right and something from Apple does the same thing wrong... :-)
-
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- Alexis Rosen Owner/Sysadmin,
- PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC.
- alexis@panix.com
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