Re: MacIntosh OS/interface changes

[bogawa@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu (Bryan K. Ogawa)]

[NOTE: crossposted to comp.sys.apple2]

In article <D47H14.AyI@plato.simons-rock.edu> karl@simons-rock.edu writes:
>In article <3i004l$qj9@explorer.clark.net>,
>Juan Molinari <juanm@clark.net> wrote:
>>	For example, was the "Apple Menu" always there?  If not, which
>>	version of the system was the first to implement it?
>
>The Apple menu was present in the "Desktop" for the IIgs, which was 
>similar to the Mac's "Finder", though I do not believe it predated it.
>
>Question:  What did the terms "Finder" and "Chooser" refer to on the 
>IIgs under GS/OS?

Finder refers to an application which is similar in appearance and
function to the Mac's Finder: it allows for program launching and basic
file manipulation (copying, disk formatting, etc.).  Note: it is not
like MultiFinder, in that multiple applications cannot be launched and
remain in memory simulaneously using the GS Finder, without making
modifications (e.g. the Manager or Switch-It! or MultiGS).

I'm not sure about Chooser:  I think I recall some applications with
*Chooser names, but I don't recall one named "Chooser".  Since I got
my GS in '91, though, a lot of things came and went before I actually
owned a GS.

>
>-- 
>-- Karl


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