OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Nov 19 19:22:34 2001

Well, that's quite true, isn't it? The one observation I'd make is that, to
those of us who can't remember computers much before Microsoft, the microsoft
terms are quite a bit more familiar, while the Apple terms are like Greek. I
suppose it's much the same looking the other direction.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Ewing" <greg_at_cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: RE: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?


> Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>:
>
> > Finder is the Macintosh shell. Best not to confuse the users with terms
> > like "file manager," "shell," "interface," "front-end,"
>
> Those are such dry, boring, Microsoft-sounding names.
> Finder is so much cooler!
>
> And it's not so much of a misnomer if you think of it
> the right way. It lets *you* find things -- i.e. browse
> the file system. Also, it finds an appropriate application
> to launch for you when you open a document.
>
> By the way, System 7 and later Finders do have a
> "Find..." command that will let you search for files
> by name.
>
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