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From: ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FINDER 6.0 Icon problems
Message-ID: <5837@bunny.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 88 20:58:42 GMT
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In article <1633@lll-lcc.aRpA> eckert@lll-lcc.llnl.gov.UUCP (Philip D. Eckert) writes:
>Since I've changed to the new finder, version 6, I've noticed that alot of
>my icons have been acting differently when clicked on by the mouse.  For 
>instance, my SOUNDPLAY program shows a phongraph when its not in use, but
>when you single click on it, it becomes a record.  Under the new finder
>it still becomes a record, but it has garbage intermingled with it.  The
>same thing occurs on other icons with this kind of dual structure.

>My question is, is this a bug with the icon masks or is this a feature?

This is a "Feature".  The purpose is to show the icons as 'grey-ed out'
while running under MultiFinder, so that you can easily see what
applications are open.  This has ruined a lot of neat icon/mask combos,
like Lightspeed C and Red Ryder.  

A question: I can understand why this is necessary under MultiFInder,
but would it have been so much trouble to leave things the old way under
single Finder?

-- 

					--Paul

I'm goin' back ta duh Bronx, where it's safe ta talk normal...