Messages in this thread | | | Date | 03 Jul 1999 22:48:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: albods |
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rgooch@atnf.csiro.au (Richard Gooch) wrote on 30.06.99 in <199906300527.PAA25681@vindaloo.atnf.CSIRO.AU>:
> In the GUI, however, you can pretend the albod is atomic (although, > again, it would be wise to provide an option to "break" the albod).
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> The normal user will be using a GUI, and thus will see the albod as an > atomic piece of data.
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> The contents of the directory are not of interest to regular lusers > who can only use the GUI. Power users will definately want to get in > under the hood.
Well, even MacOS made the Finder present suitcase files and the system file as a folder you could open and, for example, drag fonts in or out.
And now people want to *prevent* users from looking into directories? When even MacOS did the exact opposite thing (showing real files as directories)?
Just say *NO*!
MfG Kai
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