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Article #1624finder 4.1 stuff (& bugs)
From: Merlyn Leroy
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1985 16:28
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1985 16:28
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The new finder (4.1) is pretty good, with just a few gripes:
1) Window stats (#items in file, #K used, etc) is not in boldface anymore.
Boldface makes the stats distinct from filenames. Now they are in the same
font.
2) Put Back is gone. I never use it, but some people did.
3) A bug: when I have a folder open, and the window covers the folder icon
(i.e. you open the folder and it opens up, covering the original folder icon),
the arrow cursor changes to the I-bar text cursor when it is over the obscured
folder's name. It should only do this if the icon is in the active window.
4) Another bug: New empty folders & opening the trash, etc, have a thumbslide
at the bottom, as if there is something off the left side of the window.
Scrolling left reveals nothing and makes the thumbslide vanish.
5) YAB: Having NO visible desk accessories (just .printer, in my case) makes
it crash & burn. You need at least 1 visible desktop entry. Try it.
Took me a while to figure that it wasn't me, it was the new finder.
(I would like independant confirmation of this). Please fix this one.
I sometimes like making minimal finder/systems with no DA's, and only
required fonts.
6) Monaco 9 still shows O & 0 identically, I & l (with | not much different).
Also, the X is still ugly. Slash that zero! Cap that 'I'! Tote that barge!
(oh well, I fixed it myself)
Good stuff:
1) New Folder instead of an empty folder lying around. Something good they
stole from GEM
2) A little 'lock' appears in the stat line of a locked folder's window.
3) Faster, etc., also the automatic thumbslide vanishing (see above)
4) You can move, edit names, etc, of files listed non-iconically
Merlyn Leroy
Iconoclast
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