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Article #29491Re: 'Virtual' Folders - good idea!!
From: Scott R. Anderson
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1988 02:40
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1988 02:40
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In article <5195@altaira.srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@ely.UUCP (Murat N. Konar) writes:
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>Rather than confuse the user by requiring him/her to differentiate between
>true (HFS) and virtual (MFS) folders, why not call the virtual folders
>"envelopes" and give them a unique icon?
I think a better metaphor might be that of the "paperclip", since the files
are merely "clipped" together at the same level, rather than stuffed out of
sight in a folder. The icon would be significantly different, too.
* Scott Robert Anderson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!gatech!emory!phssra From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 'Virtual' Folders - good idea!! Message-ID: <2998@emory.uucp> Date: 24 Jun 88 02:40:36 GMT References: <8806161351.AA09732@decwrl.dec.com> <3216@polyslo.UUCP> <3818@saturn.ucsc.edu> <12530@apple.Apple.COM> <5195@altaira.srcsip.UUCP> Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson) Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 14