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- Message-Id: <199511091641.IAA21360@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Bug report and feature request
- To: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:41:06 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: executor@nacm.com
- In-Reply-To: <m0tDYRl-00002UC@beaut.ardi.com> from "Clifford T. Matthews" at Nov 9, 95 07:59:00 am
- Reply-To: Tobermory_Everett@hmc.edu
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- Clifford T. Matthews wrote:
- > Toby> It looks like Executor/Linux-SVGA is screwing up the mapping
- <key mappings>
- > Fixed in 1.99p6 (coming soon)
- YAY!!!
-
- > Toby> First, is there any way to make the wait cursor (the Z) have
- > Toby> a white border under X-windows. It's obnoxious not to know
- > Toby> where the cursor is.
- > Fixed in 1.99p6
- YAY!!!
-
- > Fixed in 1.99p6, *and* the default action is for a currently open
- > folder to be brought to the front rather than re-opened. You can open
- > a second instance by holding down the Control key when you open the
- > folder.
- YAY!!!
-
- > Sorry. That can't be easily fixed. The way we should do it is to be
- > compatible with Apple's Desktop Database. We know how to do that but
- > didn't have the time. After 2.0 ships we'll look into this.
- Sniff...OK. 2 out of 3 is pretty good for this kind of response, and
- given your workload, it would be downright childish of me to pout for longer
- than a second. You know what I like best about Executor? I actually feel
- sort of connected to the people who code it. When I attempt to make a
- recommendation to any other software company, the reponse is "Thank you very
- much for your comments." Period. The vast majority of companies give me no
- sense of whether they care, whether they even thought about how difficult it
- would be to implement, let alone giving me any information about whether the
- recommendation will ever see the light of day. What is more, the vast
- majority of companies never let me get close to an actual developer, one who
- has seen the code, one who could actually understand what I'm requesting,
- and it makes me feel incredibly frustrated. So this is a huge hats off to
- Ardi. You don't promise the moon, but given your situation, geo-sync is
- pretty damn good, and I have confidence I'll be visiting the outer planets
- in a year or two.
-
- --Toby Everett
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