On 4/19/02 4:41 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was still confusing OSX w. OS9. However, even OS 9 has a folder hierarchy > I consider bizarre: why would anyone want to keep a document separate from > the application that created it? The folders in any GUI represent a > taxonomy, and it should be one that is relevant to the way the machine is > actually used. A root-level segregation of apps. from docs. is a > programmer's taxonomy, not a user's. The reason that the applications are separate from the users area is that OSX is designed to be a multi-user system. The idea is that the things at the root level are to be shared by anyone using the computer, and the individual users would have exclusive control over their own preferences, documents, etc. For single users, the advantage of this setup is that system restores or upgrades leave your preferences and documents alone, that backups can mostly be just of your user folder, and that you could bring your user folder to another machine and quickly recreate your personal working environment (assuming the applications are the same). So, segregating apps from docs is something that can be of great advantage to a user. > > OSX, as far as I can see, boasts a profusion of needlessly duplicated icons > and menu items that just waste screen space--but fortunately I don't have > to worry about that right now. Even here, you can get rid of most of what you don't want. The dock can be set to slide out of the way. You can even hide the internal hard drive icon. As for menu items, many users of OSX have wanted more, not fewer menu items, and use 3rd party applications to restore the OS 8/9 apple and application menus. As I said before, OSX is rather more different from OS 9 than 9 was from 8, 7, even 6. It took me a couple of tries to get used to it, but know, I'm chomping at the bit to move completely beyond 9 booting, even classic applications. And I'm one of those guys who typically sticks with old systems as long as possible (8 while everyone else was using 9, for example). David Froom > > Andrew Stiller > Kallisti Music Press _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
