File associations in Panther

[James.Cass at sealedair.com]

I have been a Apple/Mac aficionado since the Apple ][ days.  And I have 
defended Apple against the "Evil Windows Users" in some debates that felt 
like a verbal Aikido sparring match.  But here we are in Panther 20 years 
after the first Mac, and the Finder window STILL doesn't update to show a 
programmatically copied file unless you tickle the window by clicking in 
it (or using the AppleScript "update folder' command)!  Now that's just 
inexcusable.  This is not a characteristic, this is a major FLAW.  It is 
these kinds of "characteristics" that provide ammo to those who criticize 
the MacOS for not being a serious operating system.

Harumph!!
-James






Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
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Robert Brenstein wrote:

>>>> I sometimes have to stuff the standalone.  Then delete the
>>>> original.  Then unstuff to get it all to work again.  On really bad
>>>> cases, I file transfer the standalone to another mac and then bring
>>>> it back.  This always does the trick.
>>>
>>> As I mentioned recently on the list, deleting the standalone and then
>>> dragging it back out of the Trash does the same.
>>
>> Curious.  Is this a Finder bug?  Is it a known issue?
>
> It is a long-standing (as long as OS7 at least) issue, although I would
> not call it a bug as such. The problem is to trigger Finder into
> updating its desktop database for a program that is already cataloged.

As a developer "gotcha" I agree it should not be called a bug.  But are
there any end-user actions that could be adversely affected by the
Finder "characteristic"?

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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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