When I checked my e-postbox, I found e-mail from Peter Bancroft
<peter@...> sent on 12/18/00 6:40 AM that said:

> Heather
> 
>> You can drop files, folder, and volumes on it.  The only thing it
>> does is get the FSSpec and write it's data to a log file on the
>> desktop.
> 
> What are you using this to _do_? Is it a log of your programming efforts,
> in other words a tool that helps you work through your project, or is it
> something else, part of a bigger project?

It's a Shell. That means it enables certain functionality, but can be filled
(programmed) with other functionality. So for example I (or some other
enterprising individual) could now write the little program I suggested the
other day (generate an HTML link list of all the files in a folder) without
having to worry about programming the drag and drop part. Or someone could
write a little program that speaks the names of the files and folders
dropped on it. Etc. Another example is the CGI shell I've written. I've done
the hard CGI programming part, you do the creative programming part that
makes the CGI do something interesting.

BTW I'd vote for a version of drop shell that fully allows one to use all
the FB^3 functions. To me, size is no big deal. It's an ideal, but no big
deal.

--Steve

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> "Through our efforts, oneness perfects itself" - William Gibson - Idoru
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