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

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From: Greg DeMichillie
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1988 20:23
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In article <7743@boring.cwi.nl> jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos) writes:
>How about this:
>The Open command (Command-O) is currently grayed out if no file is selected.
>How about changing this to "Open..." (with the standard open dialog)?
>Keyboard addicts just type Command-O followed by the name specification,
>and other people won't even notice the difference...
>-- 
>  -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl)

I like this idea! It's simple, helpful to experienced users, yet it doesn't
confuse the hell out of people who are just learning.  In short, it's
Mac-like!

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Greg DeMichillie   
Apple Student Rep - UC Davis  
lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu   
AppleLink: ST0178       

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