Re: WOOHOO! My IIgs is now networked to my W2K PC!!!!

[Greg Buchner <nobody@mn.rr.com>]

In article <20011021022853.12976.00000649@mb-mg.aol.com>,
 mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> I like the idea that filetype associations are just "suggestions" that
> I can easily override without fiddling with the file itself.  I also like
> that I can open a given filetype, say .jpg, with any of a dozen apps
> that can understand it--not just it's "creator" app.
> 
> Put another way, I find the Mac too "helpful" for my taste.  I prefer
> having more direct control over the interpretation of my files.

So on the Mac you just drop the selected files on the program you
want to open them.  Works real good.  .jpgs for me come down and are
assigned a creator code for a program called Jade.  But I can open
them up in PictureViewer, GraphicConverter, Photoshop, AppleWorks (Mac
version of course) or any other program that supports jpegs.  With the
right contextual menu add-on installed, I can even open jpegs in 
several programs just by control-clicking on them and selecting the 
correct program from a list.

You may find the Mac too 'helpful', but it also helps you open them up
in any program you want.

The drag & drop onto an app was something that I wish would have
been implemented in GS/OS.

Greg B.
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