Re: User interface(was Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)

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From: Robert Rubinoff
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 19:44

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In article <1830@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>2. copy \subdir\filename.ext
>	vs
>   {the totally *non* intuitive sequence needed to move a file from
>    a subdirectory to the root directory}
>
>BTW how come I can't drag the file onto the desktop, close the window
>on the subdirectory, then grab the file from where I left it and drop
>it into the window for the root directory? *That* would be intuitive!

You can, you know! It works just fine!

   Robert

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Subject: Re: User interface(was Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)
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