19 Nov
2001
19 Nov
'01
11:22 a.m.
Well, that's quite true, isn't it? The one observation I'd make is that, to
those of us who can't remember computers much before Microsoft, the microsoft
terms are quite a bit more familiar, while the Apple terms are like Greek. I
suppose it's much the same looking the other direction.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Ewing" <greg(a)cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: RE: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
Christopher Smith <csmith(a)amdocs.com>om>:
Finder is the Macintosh shell. Best not to
confuse the users with terms
like "file manager," "shell," "interface,"
"front-end,"
Those are such dry, boring, Microsoft-sounding names.
Finder is so much cooler!
And it's not so much of a misnomer if you think of it
the right way. It lets *you* find things -- i.e. browse
the file system. Also, it finds an appropriate application
to launch for you when you open a document.
By the way, System 7 and later Finders do have a
"Find..." command that will let you search for files
by name.
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