Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!gatech!emory!phssra From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 'Virtual' Folders - good idea!! Message-ID: <2998@emory.uucp> Date: 24 Jun 88 02:40:36 GMT References: <8806161351.AA09732@decwrl.dec.com> <3216@polyslo.UUCP> <3818@saturn.ucsc.edu> <12530@apple.Apple.COM> <5195@altaira.srcsip.UUCP> Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson) Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 14 In article <5195@altaira.srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@ely.UUCP (Murat N. Konar) writes: > >Rather than confuse the user by requiring him/her to differentiate between >true (HFS) and virtual (MFS) folders, why not call the virtual folders >"envelopes" and give them a unique icon? I think a better metaphor might be that of the "paperclip", since the files are merely "clipped" together at the same level, rather than stuffed out of sight in a folder. The icon would be significantly different, too. * Scott Robert Anderson * ** gatech!emoryu1!phssra * * * ** phssra@emoryu1.{bitnet,csnet} * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *