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Article #4251Re: Why Does 3.0 Blow Away User Docks?
From: prismtdawson Tim Dawson
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 04:29
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 04:29
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Jim Mann writes > We upgraded our NeXTs to 3.0 over the weekend. Why does the > upgrade blow away the users' docks, preferences about the shelf, > which folders and documents were on the shelf, and so forth? For > a computer that is supposed to be so user friendly, this was > a rather user hostile act, causing 50+ users to have to go > and redrag applications to the dock, replace documents on the > shelf, etc. > > -- > Jim Mann > Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com This is because the wmd files which Workspaces uses to cache these things are named different between the 2.0 and 3.0 release. They are probably even quite different internally. All this of course causes all the users to have to redrag applications to the dock. Bummer. The silver lining in this cloud is that if you have a network login, when you login to a 2.0 system, you can keep 2.0 apps on your dock, and when you login to a 3.0 system, you can keep the 3.0 equivalents. -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Timothy A. Dawson | | | Software Engineer | This space for rent. | | Integrity Solutions, Inc.| | | St. Paul, MN | | \-------------------------------------------------------------------/med different between the 2.0 and 3.0 release. They are probably even quite different internally. All this of course causes all the users to have to redrag applications to the dock. Bummer. The silver lining in this cloud is that if you have a network login, when you login to a 2.0 system, you can keep 2.0 apps on your dock, and when you login to a 3.0 system, you can keep the 3.0 equivalents. -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Timothy A. Dawson | | -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Timothy A. Dawson | | | Software Engineer | This space for rent. | | Integrity Solutions, Inc.| |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ornl!utkcs2!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pwcs!hawkmoon!mspboss!prism!tdawson From: prism!tdawson (Tim Dawson) Subject: Re: Why Does 3.0 Blow Away User Docks? Message-ID: <1992Dec10.042916.2066@is.com> Sender: tdawson@is.com Reply-To: tdawson@is.com Organization: Integrity Solucions, Inc. References: <1fvttnINNbph@transfer.stratus.com> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 04:29:16 GMT Lines: 39