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From: alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The Last Screensaver
Summary: Servant
Message-ID: <3240@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 11 May 88 01:25:31 GMT
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In article <52703@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>If we want to improve part of the Mac, how about inventing a transparent
>>way to get rid of the Font/DA mover?  I'd like to be able to drag fonts
>>and DA's into and out of the system folder.  No need to reboot
>>(restarting application's OK).  Much better user interface, conceptually
>>clear.
>
>It's called Suitcase. You can dynamically open and close suitcase files to
>your hearts content. Apple should ship it with every system they build. 
>
>And even more fun, it comes with Pyro, which is as close to the perfect
>screensaver as you'll find, as an added bonus. Solving both discussions at
>once.
>
>Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ
>
>       I come to preach to a religion that doesn't exist. It has no members.
>          It has no clergy.  It has no doctrine. It has no collection plate.

Sorry, Chuq. There is a better answer to this call. For moving Fonts and
DAs painlessly, with the best possible user interface from the available
metaphors, Servant reigns King.

I am not saying that Servant is perfect. Since Apple did get some of
the rights to it (I think they may just have the context switcher part)
I would like for them to consider the merits of adopting Andy's user
flexibility. You just "Open Resource" or Option-double click on any file
and you can change and move appropriate resources. This is especially
usefull for DAs and Fonts. You drag the DA or Font from one file to another,
and Servant handle all problems, including numbering conflicts. This
metaphor for movement of resources is the best yet, and Apple has long
said that The Font/DA mover is not a user-friendly program. When the
"new" operating system is ready, I can only hope that the Font/DA Mover
is replaced as an integral part of the Finder (or whatever it'll be)
by this sort of metaphor. The Human Interface department should consider
the metaphor and massage the concept until they are satisfied with it.
From the paper on my desk, it doesn't seem that they do enough. If they
would only brainstorm these sort of things, then problems like the
Font/DA Mover metaphor can be eliminated.

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