jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (08/24/89)
/* Written 4:21 pm Aug 22, 1989 by earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac.programmer */ /* ---------- "Re: Standard File dialogs going awa" ---------- */ In article <2051@marvin.Solbourne.COM> dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) writes: > The plan is to replace the present awkward, List-Manager-like >interface and all its hard to remember up-arrow, down-arrow, >option-command arcane command set with something which is faster and >more easy to use. In place of the confusing multi-object dialog box, >there will be a simple one-line command window. Volume names will be >done away with also, and in their place the user will be able to type >in easy-to-remember hard-coded single-character drive names. In place >of the "Drive" button, users will have a simple, two-character command >that they can use to switch volumes and folders. The programmer >interface will remain essentially the same for compatibility with >older programs, but programs will have to be recoded and recompiled to >take full advantage of new features of the expanded "SFCommand.Com" >object-oriented file fetch and stash routines. [yawn] > From the user interface end of things, one long-awaited feature >of the new file access protocol is that Apple plans to do away with >the Disk Initialization Package in favor of a new advanced "Abort, >retry, ignore?" disk error detection and correction scheme. [so's my IBM] > Preliminary user interface tests show that for a highly skilled >typist who knows the exact location and name of every single file on >her hard disk, file access times using the new "SFCommand.Com" routine >are 500% to 800% faster than with the old SF{Get,Put}File suite. On a macintosh? Are you kidding me? > Apple plans to seed developers with beta versions of the entire >SFCommand package in late 1990, providing they can work out licensing >details with another company which claims proprietary rights to >certain key parts of the user interface. If these delicate >negotiations should somehow go awry, look for another "Look and Feel" >suit sometime the following year. The developer seed package is >scheduled to include the new stripped-down high-performance version of >the Communications Toolbox, tentatively named "Ansi.Sys." Sounds like IBM and Microsoft could sue Apple for copying their interface. This is a joke right? I am just being dense, people are going to flame me for not laughing right? Please say this is a joke. I don't think anyone could seriously believe that Apple would go for an interface that even the creators of wanted to throw out. Michael Rutman