Re: [NTLK] Belated thoughts

From: JForsterMD_at_aol.com
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 22:17:34 EDT


> > 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)
> --
> -Jon Glass

Something like. Maybe the files could change colors, so if you looked at file icons you had not used in a while and which had similar names (I'm having trouble remember which version of a paper is the latest one or which version of a database is the most complete) you could tell which had been used the most or opened the most. jf

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