sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) (09/22/88)
I have two minor Finder (system?) bugs that have persisted through many versions of system software. The first was corrected in one version only to reappear in the next release. I, of course, am speaking of the famous "ragged edges" on the desktop. As you're all probably aware, the cursos will "bounce" on the right and bottom edges of the screen. The second bug is more subtle. The first character that I type after a reboot will always be eaten, no matter which program I'm using. It just goes into the bit bucket, never to be heard from again. I'm sure Apple knows about these things. Does anyone know when/if these "features" will be eradicated? -- Marc Sarrel, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH USA 43210-1277 sarrel@cis.ohio-state.edu "If you wanna have fun, go to Washington. Spokane!" -- Cleric Apton
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (09/22/88)
sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes: > ...I am speaking of the famous "ragged edges" on the desktop.... > ...the cursors will "bounce" on the right and bottom edges of the screen. this is Apple's way to tell the "rest of them" that this is a NO-NO operation; if nothing would happen, they would not get the idea... remember, there is a difference between a NOP (or NOOP) operation and a NONO-operation; we must protect the rest of them from ambiguity! fixed in the "professional" version ... ((-: > The second bug is more subtle. The first character > that I type after a reboot will always be eaten, no matter which SUBTLE? you are kind ...!! but I'll add that to my list as "another reason not to turn off your machine" .... the "professional" version, of course, will have the advanced AI-feature DWIM, which will, without user-action being required, install a ROM feature, which writes out the first character entered into parameter-RAM, and then echos it back as the second character after the "user-friendly" operating system has "safely" ignored the first character. A member of the design team remarked: "It was our observation that the novice user had the tendency to believe a computer infallible, so we decided to put in this feature originally in an attempt to make 'the rest of them' aware that you should never trust a computer to 'Do What I Mean' it to do; however, marketing studies have shown us that this lesson is lost on most of them as it is too subtle - it might have been more realistic to have the OS ignore every second or third character entered, across the board, as this would keep the users *really* alert" > I'm sure Apple knows about these things. Does anyone know when/if > these "features" will be eradicated? as I said in the Summary-header: look out for the Tech-Note that declares these to be "features" ... PS: a recent rumour that has reached me from inside Abble: Management has had several weekend retreats with the "Tough Love" people; However, rumours that recent marketing and pricing decisions are designed to make the goo-goo eyed Apple-loving kids from the late '70s and '80s grow up to face the "real world" have been belittled by "knowlegable sources" who claim to have overheard an unnamed high official say: "Merde! oui ah oanli aut fo oan ohneast buckg!" -- --------------------> PREFERED-RETURN-ADDRESS-FOLLOWS <--------------------- (ARPA) werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Internet: 128.83.144.1) (INTERNET) werner%rascal.ics.utexas.edu@cs.utexas.edu (UUCP) ..!utastro!werner or ..!uunet!rascal.ics.utexas.edu!werner