[comp.sys.mac.system] Launching from About the Finder

philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (10/16/90)

When I have the About the Finder box up, to check memory usage etc., I
often find myself double-clicking on an application icon in this box, and
realizing that this does nothing. This has happened so often that I'm
convinced this should be a feature - surely it would be very simple to
implement. You could then keep About the Finder on the screen at all times,
and use it as a sort of application dock (in the style of NeXT).
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu

philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (10/17/90)

In article <1990Oct15.180203.414@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes:
|> When I have the About the Finder box up, to check memory usage etc., I
|> often find myself double-clicking on an application icon in this box, and
|> realizing that this does nothing. This has happened so often that I'm
|> convinced this should be a feature - surely it would be very simple to
|> implement. You could then keep About the Finder on the screen at all times,
|> and use it as a sort of application dock (in the style of NeXT).

I had several replies to the effect that this will be in System 7. I
probably heard about that at some stage, but it's been so long that I'd
forgotten...
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu