gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) (06/01/91)
I was reading an old MacTutor article (Jan 90) and came across a letter to the editor with "wishes" for the next macintosh finder. I was surprised because all 8 or 9 wishes in this letter have been implemented in system 7.0 (such as opening DAs like applications, opening CDEVs from a folder, etc). Did this letter have a great impact on the design of system 7.0, or --
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May31.183509.22759@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes: >I was reading an old MacTutor article (Jan 90) and came across a >letter to the editor with "wishes" for the next macintosh finder. I >was surprised because all 8 or 9 wishes in this letter have been >implemented in system 7.0 (such as opening DAs like applications, >opening CDEVs from a folder, etc). > >Did this letter have a great impact on the design of system 7.0, or [ Rest of article scarfed up by the Line Eater??? ] Hee, hee. I knew this would happen. :-) In many cases, you should probably credit the foresightedness of the 7.0 engineers. I remember reading many articles like the one you describe in the trade magazines. Often, it looked like the pundit/analyst had snagged a copy of an Apple internal design specification document and turned it into an article for MacUser, MacTutor, or whatever. Most often, when such an article had appeared, the 7.0 engineers had implemented the suggested enhancements 6 months before. On the other hand, the 7.0 guys didn't exactly design in a vacuum. If you look back at the 1988 magazines, you might see suggestions similar to the ones you read in 1990. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "But where the senses fail us, reason must step in." - Galileo