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Article #2138System 7.0 speculations - Feature wishlist
From: Jonathan B. Owen
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1989 21:00
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1989 21:00
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I was very impressed reading about system 7.0 and await eagerly for
it's release.
I read the System 7.0 notes found in the MacArch archives (LISTSERV@RICE)
and saw little mention of the improvments scheduled for the Finder.
As any other Mac user, I too have my views on how to improve the finder.
I have not really orginized my thought in the matter, but the following
comes to mind:
o I would like to see a standard Control Device for setting the port
used for communication (read Modem) with all it's relative parameters,
such as speed, parity, etc. Maybe even a modem setup string sent to
the modem at boot. This would eliminate the need for each comm.
program to have it's own implementation.
o I think each application should have it's own menubar within it's
window (possibly scrolling the menubar, for small windows) instead
of todays menubar.
o Desk Accesseries should "float" like Hypercard's tools menu. How
many times did YOU have to bring back the Notepad each time
you switch to anoter application? I can't count that much :)
o The finder should include a tree structure view of an HFS volume.
o Having a pull down menu from a window's title bar of the enclousing
folders would be great (like in MacTools) for navigation (this is
one step futher of double clicking in the title bar in system 6.03 -
once enables with Layout 1.7).
o The ability of temporarly making a window into an icon ("iconization")
is a good solution for working with many applications/windows/DAs
at once.
Any thought?
JB
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