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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ?
Date: 20 Nov 2017 03:02:09 GMT
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On 2017-11-19, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-11-19 13:49, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2017-11-19, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2017-11-18 23:12, Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Folders can have their own window in the OS X Finder
>>>>
>>>> Nope, they cannot. Never have been able to in OS X and still can't in
>>>> macOS.
>>>
>>> What are you on about?
>> 
>> They are talking the fact that in classic Mac OS the Finder supported
>> spatial awareness due to the fact that users could rely on a one-to-one
>> relationship between a folder in the file system and the position, size,
>> view, and look of the resulting Finder window you would see when you
>> opened it. In modern versions of macOS, the Finder instead uses a
>> browser-based design which doesn't retain those spatial properties in a
>> way that users can count on. It is all explained well enough here:
>> 
>> <http://archive.arstechnica.com/paedia/f/finder/finder-3.htm>
>
> Got it.  I do find Finder opening irritating on occasion.  I'm working 
> on the main screen and need a Finder window ... that open on the side 
> screen.  ... drag.  (Literally).
>
> OTOH, if you open a Finder window, size it, open another it's the same 
> size.  Makes occasional file management easier-ish.

Not always, which is the point.

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