Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcilzb!hpcea!twakeman From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder proposal: "Select by..." Message-ID: <430063@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 17:56:18 GMT References: <2712@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA Lines: 35 I can not believe that people are asking Apple to make the finder more UNIX like. The beauty of the Mac is that it is user friendly, even to people who are slightly computer phobic. My personal experience: BEFORE 1984: I was a hardware engineer who thought it would come in handy to learn how to use one of those suddenly popular PCs. Id had a Fortran class back in the days of punched cards, & had in 1978 built a breadboard micro with 4K RAM, toggle switch input and nixi tube hex output. But every time I went into a computer store to "kick the tyres", I saw this incomprehensible, unfriendly prompt. The salesman would type some strange character sequences into the keyboard to make it do anything. I always walked off, somewhat intimidated by the beasti. 1984 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTINMENT: I walked into a computer store to find a computer that smiled, welcomed me into its desktop, and had understandable pictures as well as plain english words. I could easily understand what it could do and could easily make it do what I wanted to do. Soon I brought my new friend home & started learning about the computer that existed beyond ICs, traces and machine language. I have come a long way since then. I wouldn't have learned as much as I have without my smiley toaster look-a-like friends. There are a lot of people out there becoming computer literate on Macs who otherwise would never make the transistion. Before you ask for UNIX like commands, try to remember what it was like when you were first exposed to cut commands, pipes, & such. How many of you remember all the arguments that can follow a UNIX if command? Learning UNIX is about as intuitive as learning how to assemble a chineese puzzle when it is handed it to you unassembled. For those power users who insist on a more UNIX like system, remember, Apple has provided UNIX. All you need is tons of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. TeriAnn