Stacks as Aliases

[Ashley Aitken]

On 16/06/2007, at 3:17 PM, Phil Larson wrote:

> Did I miss something? In the keynote it seemed pretty obvious that  
> the Dock "Stacks" are simply a new interface to the normal right  
> click folder. I never got an impression that it was a collection of  
> aliases, it's just a folder in the Dock with a fancy interface.

Yes, I think you did miss something Phil - easy to do, it wasn't very  
clear in the keynote, and its not clear on the Web site how this  
effects folders on the Dock.

I believe the "New Desktop" allows you to drag a collection of things  
onto the Dock and they are then represented as a Stack (new concept  
for the Dock only).

They are not folders or aliases, just like a normal files on the Dock  
are not an aliases. They (Stacks) are just references the Dock app  
keeps to a collection of items.

Now, whether or not folders in the Dock get this new fancy interface  
or not is another thing altogether.  I would guess so though.

Cheers,
Ashley.


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