Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!ecs175f037 From: ecs175f037@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder proposal: "Select by..." Message-ID: <3350@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 5 Dec 88 20:23:59 GMT References: <2712@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <5360020@hpccc.HP.COM> <1681@pur-phy> <7743@boring.cwi.nl> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: lgdemichillie@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 20 In article <7743@boring.cwi.nl> jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos) writes: >How about this: >The Open command (Command-O) is currently grayed out if no file is selected. >How about changing this to "Open..." (with the standard open dialog)? >Keyboard addicts just type Command-O followed by the name specification, >and other people won't even notice the difference... >-- > -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl) I like this idea! It's simple, helpful to experienced users, yet it doesn't confuse the hell out of people who are just learning. In short, it's Mac-like! ----- Greg DeMichillie Apple Student Rep - UC Davis lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu AppleLink: ST0178 Disclaimer: If you've seen one disclaimer, you've seen them all.