Re: [OFF] NeXT stupidity
Re: [OFF] NeXT stupidity
- Subject: Re: [OFF] NeXT stupidity
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:27:58 -0800
At 9:19 AM -0600 3/27/02, Olivier Destrebecq wrote:
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I agree with Chris that we need to be careful about when we send file to other file system. But i would say that i prefer the way OS9 approached it with file exchange. What would be nice is that the finder would be aware of all that and would append those extension whenever a file is moved from a HFS+ volume to a non HFS+ volume and that application that move file do the same thing, so that the user don't have to get caught in the middle of that.
I agree. I find it shameful that Avie at al are trying to stop Macintosh users from using the advantages they've developed over the years. Aliases instead of pathnames. HFS metatdata instead of file extensions.
Mac OS X still has a long way to go before it's as pleasant to use as Mac OS 9, although not crashing the system is very nice in and of itself.
My hope is that Apple will now be able to improve on the unix experience by injecting some Macintosh into it. They could start by moving cpMac into cp. The fact that they haven't tells us a lot about their vision for Unix.
Of course, more likely we'll get a new version of vi for the Mac.
Jon
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