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Article #29636Re: Re: 'Virtual' Folders - good idea!! (This reply 100 lines)
From: Teriann Wakeman
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1988 21:20
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1988 21:20
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>/ hpcea:comp.sys.mac / dxjsb@dcatla.UUCP (Jack S. Brindle) / 7:38 am Jun 24, 1988 / >The subject of 'Virtual Folders has been very interesting, but >there are some ramifications that are being missed. What happens >when the user faces a 'mini-finder' dialog such as that displayed >by SFGetFile? He will still see every file in the 'real' directory, >plus all those in the 'Virtual' directories. This does not alleviate >the cluttered directory problem at all. (second paragraph deleted) >Jack Brindle. ---------- To me that is exactly the beauty of having HFS and MFS containers together. You can use MSF containers to limit visual clutter of things that you would want to see in a single SFGetFile. That way you could scroll down the list ruther then search multiple folders. And when you are in the desktop you can have things arranged into easer to locate subcatagories. TeriAnn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpcea!twakeman From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Re: 'Virtual' Folders - good idea!! (This reply 100 lines) Message-ID: <430033@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> Date: 28 Jun 88 21:20:11 GMT References: <5282@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA Lines: 21