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- From: unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.180309.16595@gallant.apple.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 18:03:09 GMT
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- In article <BxyyC9.2w3@news.iastate.edu> Harold Byron Bouma,
- hal@budapest.math.macalstr.edu writes:
- > Well, yes, it was a grave mistake to overlook the HFS FST, its one of
- >GS/OS most underrated features, But I think Mr. Kreizer is overlooking one
- >major delima. Aliasing and shared folders really only benifits users who
- access
- >a device over a network. And thats the main reason why Apple put them in
- System
-
- Not eeeeeeven. Obviously that's true about shared folders, but your
- statement about aliases certainly isn't. I have zillions of aliases on
- my desktop, even an alias of a folder to aliases to other stuff (so I don't
- have to clutter the desktop enough). This type of thing is very common
- because the Mac literally MOVES your applications when you put them on the
- desktop so it can't find its data files. I have aliases in the Apple menu too.
-
- Aliases ARE useful for network things (I sure wish the damn things could
- remember your password for servers though), but that's certainly not only
- when they're useful.
-
- To bring the GS in the picture, I think aliases would be useful on the GS too
- for *similar* reasons. Even though the GS doesn't actually move files when
- you put them on a desktop, I'd probably put aliases on the desktop instead of
- the actual files, so if I do happen to open up the folder where a desktop
- file 'lives', I will actually see it in the window, and the alias will be on
- the desktop.
-
- yeah this is going to be formatted all crappily. I've set the auto wrap width
- in the
- program I post with, it still screws up the messages.
-