pack@acd.ucar.edu (Dan Packman) (06/07/90)
We have gotten a copy of multifinder 6.1b9 which moves the applications
list ahead of the DAs (in the apple menu) and has the Set Aside option
added. Is this a relatively stable beta release? Seems so, so far.
Is there going to be a true 6.1 release or any other pre 7.0 release?
The small changes in this 6.1 multifinder are rather useful.
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Boulder, CO 80307 DECNET SPAN: 9.367::PACKchewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) (06/07/90)
In article <7579@ncar.ucar.edu> pack@acd.ucar.edu (Dan Packman) writes: > We have gotten a copy of multifinder 6.1b9 which moves the applications > list ahead of the DAs (in the apple menu) and has the Set Aside option > added. Is this a relatively stable beta release? Seems so, so far. > Is there going to be a true 6.1 release or any other pre 7.0 release? > The small changes in this 6.1 multifinder are rather useful. Indeed they are. However, there's only one person maintaining MultiFinder these days, so needless to say, he's been a tad swamped. :-) The upshot is that the 6.1bx releases, while pretty stable, are completely unsupported (the only reason they exist at all is because of the SADE debugger). However, the nice new features are present in System 7.0. > Dan Packman NCAR INTERNET: pack@ncar.UCAR.EDU > (303) 497-1427 P.O. Box 3000 CSNET: pack@ncar.CSNET > Boulder, CO 80307 DECNET SPAN: 9.367::PACK __________________________________________________________________________ Paul Snively Macintosh Developer Technical Support Apple Computer, Inc. chewy@apple.com Just because I work for Apple Computer, Inc. doesn't mean that I believe what they believe, or vice-versa. __________________________________________________________________________
anders@penguin (Anders Wallgren) (06/08/90)
As far as I know, the only reason to use MultiFinder 6.1b9 is if you need to debug your programs with SADE - I don't think Apple has any intentions to release any major revisions to System 6 (ie. 6.x, where x > 0). anders
dbrown@apple.com (David Brown) (06/14/90)
In article <1990Jun7.181553.4086@verity.com> anders@penguin (Anders Wallgren) writes: > As far as I know, the only reason to use MultiFinder 6.1b9 is if you > need to debug your programs with SADE MultiFinder 6.1b9 has a nice feature called "set aside" - you can hide all the windows of an application while keeping the application in memory - makes for a much neater desktop. But MF 6.1b9 does some strange things to the OnCue menu (one of my favorite utilities) - all of the DA's are listed before OnCue's installed applications (in place of the running applications) - anyone have a fix for this? David Brown 415-649-4000 Orion Network Systems (a subsidiary of Apple Computer) 1995 University Ave. Suite 350 Berkeley, CA 94704
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (06/16/90)
In article <8679@goofy.Apple.COM> dbrown@apple.com (David Brown) writes: >for a much neater desktop. But MF 6.1b9 does some strange things to the >OnCue menu (one of my favorite utilities) - all of the DA's are listed >before OnCue's installed applications (in place of the running >applications) - anyone have a fix for this? > in the Oncue Prefs dialog, turn of, uncheck the setting for insert Application switching menu when you are using MF 6.1b9 and Oncue. Works fine.. you don't need the applications switching menu with Oncue when running 6,1b9... ---- -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM