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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA01263 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 08:03:05 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id JAA03956; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 09:03:03 -0600 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0szPtK-000Yc7C; Sun, 1 Oct 95 09:01 MDT Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0szPtJ-00000OC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 09:01 MDT Message-Id: <m0szPtJ-00000OC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 95 09:01 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews) To: Jeffrey A Halverson <halv0019@gold.tc.umn.edu> Cc: Markmage@aol.com, executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: floppies & executor/Linux In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9509011400.A12349-0100000@gold.tc.umn.edu> References: <950901133028_88993204@mail04.mail.aol.com> <Pine.3.89.9509011400.A12349-0100000@gold.tc.umn.edu> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk Hi Folks, Until we got 1.99p out, I was in crisis mode. I let some of my e-mail slip and am now trying to get totally caught up again before cranking out the remaining new code for 2.0. Now that Melissa is working for us, "questions@ardi.com" should be answered promptly, but my e-mail will continue to back up periodically. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeffrey A Halverson <halv0019@gold.tc.umn.edu> writes: Jeff> ARDI, As a side note... Would it be possible to make the Jeff> floppy access a little smarter when it comes to Jeff> mounting/unmounting disks and for formating? Either this Jeff> was broken a while back, or I couldn't get things to work Jeff> right. It would have been helpful if you put in a Jeff> non-macintosh disk and hit "probe for floppy", that you get Jeff> a dialog box that says "NON-MACINTOSH disk!" or something. Jeff> (It would really be a plus if it then asks "format disk?" Jeff> and has options for different format types!) Additionally, Jeff> I seem to remember that using "format floppy" was a bit Jeff> odd--perhaps I had a bad sector on my disk, or perhaps it Jeff> was broken under the version I tried it on... But could a Jeff> format be verified some way? Again, a nice dialog box would Jeff> be great! The format code was broken for a while, and even now (and in 2.0) Executor won't do a low-level format. It will only write a blank Macintosh filesystem on top of an already formatted floppy. Your suggestions are good ones, but we have frozen 2.0's features and are now scrambling to get everything put together and out the door. We will be making the source to the Browser available when 2.0 is released, so prorammers who really want to spruce it up will be able to. Jeff> I know ARDI has been trying to avoid the "look&feel" Jeff> lawsuits that Apple seems to like so much, but I really to Jeff> want a better way to delete files, and a more direct way to Jeff> see a mounted floppy. Could the top title bar possible make Jeff> a cute little ICON of a floppy disk whenever there is one Jeff> mounted? (As opposed to the "hot band" idea, where if you Jeff> are in the "programs" part, you can't see the "drives" Jeff> part...) Another good idea, but we just can't get to it before 2.0 is out. Jeff> Could we possible hear an update on what ARDI is thinking Jeff> for 2.0 GUI improvements? What happened to the hiring of a Jeff> graphic artist to make icons, etc...? I'd like to be able Jeff> to give you all feedback on these items since I think its Jeff> really important to ARDI's success!!! We ran out of money. On the other hand, we've had a couple (maybe three) people send us icons to use in the Browser and we now have to find them and examine them and incorporate them, so our Browser will be slightly less ugly by the time 2.0 ships. Jeff> Later, Jeff Halverson --Cliff ctm@ardi.com