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From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Control Panel vs. Chooser
Message-ID: <3412@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 14:19:47 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  5 14:19:47 1987
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I'm certainly well aware of the rationale behind Walt's comparisons,
but I'd have to disagree with his conclusions.

I want both Chooser and Control Panel.  They're both very
important and getting crowded, and I don't want them to get
even more crowded combining the two.  For example, burying
Chooser within Control Panel adds an extra level to go through
each time you choose.  This is the same reason that a well-designed
program includes menu items for common functions rather than
burying it in a dialog somewhere.

Quite frankly, I don't think the loss of DA space is that serious.
Sure, some collectors want to have 47 da's installed (I have about that many
in suitcase files on my hard disk), but you only use 3 or 4 with
any frequency, certainly not 12.  The Other.. and QQ (double Apple) DA's 
handle the remainder rather nicely.

So my request is to keep both, and add functionality to each, where
appropriate.
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	Joel West,  Palomar Software, Inc. (c/o UCSD)
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