buzz@kinetics.UUCP (Mahboud Zabetian) (11/19/88)
While y'all have been discussing the features you would like to see in the
Finder, I have been playing around with MultiFinder 6.1b1(i think that's the
version). I believe it came with our order of MPW.
Well, Apple *has* been listening to what had been said. The most major change
in MF is the new menu item under the About... item of Applications. This menu
item is: 'Set Aside (application name)' By selecting this item MF makes all
the windows of that application invisible, therefore no longer cluttering your
screen. Or lets say you have an application open and are tired of all the
otehr application's windows under yours, you pull down the Apple menu, hold
option and the 'Set Aside (application name)' becomes 'Set Aside Others', and
selecting it makes all other APPL's windows invisible(even the Finder's!).
These 'Set Aside'ed application are no longer available by clicking on the MF
small icon in the menubar, but they are still in the apple menu. So to bring
them back, you will have to select them from the Apple menu. (The small icons
of the items 'Set Aside'ed are greyed out in the Apple menu).
Note to users (and authors) of MFMenu+, Aplication Menu, etc.: Another big
difference in the new MF is that the desk accessories are now listed after the
running applications in the Apple menu. This makes it easier to get at
different applications, but it breaks the inits mentioned above since they grab
the part of the Apple menu that comes after the second disabled dashed line,
which used to be APPL names, but are now DAs. So MFMenu+ gives me a menu of
DAs.
I would like to thank Apple for this enhancement. It makes things a lot more
manageable.
Standard Disclaimer: Don't mind me, I'm just babbling.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mahboud Zabetian (415) 256-3702 buzz@kinetics.uucp
Kinetics, Inc. ...!ucbvax!mtxinu!kinetics!buzz
2540 Camino Diablo ***Coming soon: buzz@kinetics.com !!***
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 mtxinu!kinetics!buzz@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"You may ask yourself, how did I get here? This isn't my beautiful..."
--- Talking Heads
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------