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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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