Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ?
Date	2017-11-20 20:28 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-11-20, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-11-19 22:02, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I just did it 5 times in a row.

I have *way* better things to do than getting into a debate about facts
that are already documented elsewhere on the net.

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JR

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10.12 to 10.13 ? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-15 20:04 -0800
  Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-16 05:17 +0000
  Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Mallocy <null@mail.mn> - 2017-11-16 08:02 +0000
    Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-17 08:43 +1300
      Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-11-17 18:20 -0600
        Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-18 15:10 +1300
          Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-18 04:23 +0000
      Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-11-17 22:28 -0700
        Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-18 19:20 +1300
          Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-19 04:12 +0000
            Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-11-18 22:42 -0700
            Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-19 12:01 -0500
              Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? android <here@there.was> - 2017-11-19 18:33 +0100
              Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-11-19 10:38 -0700
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-19 16:48 -0500
              Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-19 18:49 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-19 15:06 -0500
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-20 03:02 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-20 12:58 -0500
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-20 20:28 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-20 17:31 -0500
              Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-19 19:03 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-19 15:06 -0500
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-20 06:58 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-20 12:59 -0500
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-20 20:24 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-20 17:29 -0500
              Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-20 09:19 +1300
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-20 03:02 +0000
                Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-20 06:59 +0000
        Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-11-18 09:25 -0500
  Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2017-11-16 11:01 +0100
    Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-16 18:22 +0000
      Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Mallocy <null@mail.mn> - 2017-11-17 11:18 +0000
  Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-11-17 13:11 -0700
    Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-11-18 12:25 +1300
    Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-11-17 18:22 -0600
      Re: 10.12 to 10.13 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-11-18 04:26 +0000

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