On Thursday, October 25, 2001, at 03:09 , Jon Glass wrote:
> on 10/25/01 3:46 PM, JForsterMD_at_aol.com at JForsterMD_at_aol.com wrote:
>
>> There is no feature about the icon that tells you that file was
>> the one you
>> have been using. If the OS is truly going to replace paper files,
>> I feel that
>> it should tell you by its appearance that you have used it. There
>> should be
>> some 'feel' to the look.
>
> Do you mean that the more you use a file, the more "ragged" and worn it
> should look? Interesting concept. Show wear around the edges, dog-ears,
> little bits falling off, turning grimy, with finger marks, etc.
> Something
> simpler to do in OS X than in older Mac versions, and probably than on
> Windows (although the new Xperiment may improve things a bit)
I recall this being one of the suggested features of a new desktop
metaphor that one of the original Mac developers was working on. I
can't remember her name at the moment, and forgive, but I believe
the tech she was working on was called "piles" :)
But basically, older, less frequently accessed files would shuffle
their way closer to the actual desktop, and would "fade" or get
old-looking, while frequently accessed files would remain near the
top and remain brighter ( despite the flip-flop of these as real
world metaphors )
Might have seen it linked from a Tog article... Can't remember.
Zac
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