Fwd: Re: CAN A MAC MULTI-TASK (The Whole Truth)

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Subject:     Re: CAN A MAC MULTI-TASK (The Whole Truth)
From:        Joe Ragosta <joe.ragosta@dol.net>
Newsgroups:  comp.sys.mac.advocacy
             comp.sys.mac.misc
             comp.sys.mac.apps
Date:        Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:10:52 -0400

In article <63cos4$l9$2@nargun.cc.uq.edu.au>, "Christopher Smith"
<drsmithy@usa.net> wrote:

> >> From what I can see, the Explorer GUI draws as much from MacOS as it does
> >> from OS/2 - taking the good bits from each.  Apple would do well to
> follow a
> >> similar path, rather that sitting on it's "we will always be better on
> our
> >> own" high horse.
> >
> >Yuck!!!
> >
> >1. Explorer still requires you to refresh the file list when something
> >changes. Archaic.
> 
> No, it just adds the new items to the end of the file list - this can be
> either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what you are doing at the
> time.

Same thing. You have a long list of files in alphbetical order. You add
new items and they're not where they should be until you tell it to
refresh. You're _defending_ this monstrosity?

> 
> >
> >2. I hate having to manually migrate through multiple layers. The Mac's
> >hierarchical menu system is vastly superior.
> 
> I hate *any* OS that can't give me a file manager with a directory tree on
> the left pane, and a list of files on the right pane.  I'm still not sure
> how you can say the Mac's system is "vastly superior" when it would be
> entirely a matter of taste.

It's not a matter of taste when I consider how much navigation it takes to
find a file with Explorer vs. finding it with one click on Mac OS.

-- 
Regards,

Joe Ragosta
See the Complete Macintosh Advocacy Page
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