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Re: Single Filer Icon (was: Zip drives - Problems?)

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From: Ariancylch
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <974a64847@worthy.demon.co.uk>
          Tim Howarth <tim@worthy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <19970105.083829.07@netconnect.com.au>
>           robward@netconnect.com.au (Rob Ward) wrote:
> 
> > 3?) Move the icons onto the Pinboard, and remove them from the icon
> > bar? Plenty of room to group them logically, just double click and
> > away you go?
> 
> If you just want to open root directories then create a set of one
> line obey files with "Filer_Opendir ADFS::0.$"  etc. (could be app
> folders if you want pretty pics). Pin these on the pinboard and rmkill
> ADFSFiler etc.

Putting anything only on the pinboard is one of the ultimate evils.
Anyone who has anything resembling enough desktop space to be able to
easily get to, let alone see, the backdrop clearly isn't using their
computer properly. The only excuse is if you've a 'hide all windows'
button, or the like.
The Cumana SCSI model is close to being right. The one annoyance I have
with it is the way you have to get to things like 'verify' and 'free'
when you start stacking drive-icons. I'd far prefer it if the standard
list of options was -always- there, but acted on the currently selected
drive. Having the existing list of drives with a sub-menu would be good
as well.
(This avoids the other, related, irritation I have, in that if you've

 only one icon stacked, you have to follow this sub-menu to get at
 things like dismount)

-- 
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     they don't mean what I meant
         they don't say what I said
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From: Ariancylch <julian@southern.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Single Filer Icon (was: Zip drives - Problems?)
Date: 1997/01/09
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