Stacks - a part of the Finder or just the Dock?

[Ashley Aitken]

Hi Adam (et al.),

On 15/06/2007, at 8:16 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> I guess the subject specifies the question. I'd know right away how to
> use stacks inside the Finder - but the Dock? I'm not so thrilled.

I'm thinking Apple's thinking that spring-loaded folders are the  
solution for the Finder (i.e. you sort of already have stacks, and  
what are stacks in the Finder but no-named folders?)  I also wonder  
if folders in the Dock will now work the same as stacks (and I think  
they will).  I don't think stacks add that much to the Dock either.

They do, however, address the use-case, I believe, where you have a  
few files you want to remember for a short while that are a subset of  
a folder (e.g. I want to print these files later ...) and they save  
making another folder for this.  Otherwise, I can't see why one  
wouldn't just use a folder (e.g. if they were a set of files that  
permanently belonged together).

> I also find the lack of comment about using .Mac to access your Mac
> from a distant location to be very attractive and very useful - no
> worrying about a fixed IP address.

Yes, that will be a good feature even for those who have a fixed IP  
address.

Cheers,
Ashley.

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Ashley Aitken
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