Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...

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From: Simon Slavin
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00

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In article <199806080046391617319@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:

> Vernon Quaintance <vernon@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Whyever are you using such a roundabout route to switch programs?
> 
> When I'm already looking at About This Computer, it seems a reasonable
> route.  And it shows signs of being intended to task-switch, or
> something like.

Now I see why you were asking what you were asking.  No, it's nothing
to do with task-switching ... more a kind of diagnostic aid.  There's
never been any intention to use it to task-switch.  That's what the
application menu in the top right-hand corner is for.

Simon.
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From: slavins.at.hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost (Simon Slavin)
Subject: Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...
Date: 1998/06/10
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