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In article <Ebt4OR600V86RetGMR@andrew.cmu.edu> ec1k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward P. Costello) writes:
>>> Re: opening Control Panels like Finder files
>>> I don't see how changing the interface to the control panel from what
>>> it's been for, what, seven years? will be beneficial.  I found it
>>> confusing.  Yes, let's take the ability to change system level
>>> information and make it harder for people to do.  Right.
>>
>>Gee, you have a short memory.  This will be at least the fourth major version
>>of the control panel since 1984.  Each of them has been significantly
>>different, but I don't think there has ever been a major amount of user
>>confusion.
>Yeah, but each version that I remember still retained a DA level of
>functionality.  I know there's been multiple versions.  My point is
>that they have taken a relatively simple process and made it complex
>in this ``new and improved'' version.

But what don't you like in this new version?
Ok, it's different from the previous one, so, OK, maybe users
can be confused for a week or two trying to look for this 
Control Panel DA which do not exist anymore (well, some are going
to look for Font/DA Mover too, but that's another point :-)

Except for this, this interface is simpler than the previous one.
Control Panels are no more a special case, ie to access them use this
slooow control panel, scroll until you find the one you want and click.
Now, control panels are just like any other Macintosh icon. Just
double-click to open them. If you want to put some of them in
the Apple menu directly, you can. If you prefer to keep all of them
in a directory, you can. You're free to do whatever you want with them,
and they work just like many other files on the Mac (applications, Das..)
(Well, there's still the chooser case, but let's hope it will soon
be solved).

Arnaud.
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