Re: Finder proposal: "Select by..."

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From: David M. Land
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1988 00:43

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OK, now it's my turn to get flamed.  MicroSoft Windows has a nice feature
for us keyboard jockeys: type the first letter of the file you want to
select, and the first file (in alphabetabular order) with that letter gets
selected. Sorta like the standard file dialog deal, only it advances to 
the next file name if you keep hitting the same letter (slowly).  This
would be nice out at the finder for those of us who don't always find
the mouse the handiest way to get things.

And I second the motion for a command line, although I shudder to think
of what could go in there...
 
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From: land@hpccc.HP.COM (David M. Land)
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Subject: Re: Finder proposal: "Select by..."
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Date: 29 Nov 88 00:43:38 GMT
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