Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Yet another System 7.0 wishlist ite Message-ID: <8400148@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 9 Aug 89 02:18:00 GMT References: <550@halley.UUCP> Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #R:halley.UUCP:550:m.cs.uiuc.edu:8400148:000:1047 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Aug 8 21:18:00 1989 /* Written 3:43 pm Aug 7, 1989 by cy@dbase.UUCP in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ > And why not have Shutdown as a Command-Q equivalent on the File > Menu, as well? /* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ Well, I did this a year ago with ResEdit. All is not roses, however. Sometimes the mac II misses keys or is just slow, so I occasionally hit command-Q twice, and accidentally turn off my computer. Furthermore, I have soldered an outlet to my monitor cable to connect to my modem. The other day I exited the telecomm program to free up some memory, but I hit command-Q twice by mistake and turned off the computer AND zapped my modem connection to a BBS. A beginner would scream bloody murder about this; I simply curse and tell myself to be more careful. I understand why Apple hasn't added command-Q = shutdown to the finder menu. It's dangerous. Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801 ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies