Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!

[hshubs@mindspring.com (Howard S Shubs)]

In article <01bd668c$bee9f460$0b0ba8c0@woohoo>, "Earl Malmrose"
<malmrose@nospam.jetcity.com> wrote:

>Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote in article
><353154af.2844897@news.bconnex.net>...
>> Then there is stupid things like when I drag an icon from one folder
>> to another, I assume that it will move (or copy if it is to another
>> disk drive) the file but sometimes it simply makes a shortcut.
>
>Shortcuts are only created when you drag-n-drop an application's icon. You
>will see a little icon next to the cursor before you drop it. An icon with
>an arrow tells you you'll get a shortcut. A plus sign tells you you'll get
>a copy. No icon means you'll get a move. So to always be sure you get a
>copy or a move when you want it, Control-Drag to get a copy, and Shift-Drag
>to get a move. This works both on the same drive, and between drives, on
>any kind of files. Or you can right-drag and you'll get a menu that pops up
>when you drop it, and you can select copy, move, or create shortcut.

The point is that it -is- that complicated when it should be really
simple.  If I move -any- file, I don't want a "shortcut".  A shortcut is
something I want very rarely, and I don't need them all over the place. 
The -only- time I want an alias/shortcut is when I stick something in to
the Apple/Start menu.  Period.  Any other time, I want it moved or copied,
as appropriate.

Now, you might say that if I -have- a shortcut in the Start menu, moving
the file will break it, but if the OS has any intelligence to it, it'll
-fix- the known shortcuts to a file.  Granted, the MacOS doesn't do -that-
either, but it should.  Yes, complicated, time consuming, true.  But
either don't do -anything-, or do it right.  Don't give me some
half-assed, cockeyed "solution" which annoys more often than it assists.

Windows is filled with issues like that.  MacOS is only 1/4 filled.  They
both need work, but Windows is worse.

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The Denim Adept        hshubs@mindspring.com