Comments on: From the days of yore http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/ Coding under the close supervision of cats Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Peter Hosey http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Peter Hosey Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:16:34 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/#comment-26 “I was intrigued by something called the MiniFinder, which seems to be a cross between the Dock and the application switcher.” It's actually an application <em>launcher</em>, since MultiFinder hadn't been introduced yet, and therefore you could only have one application running at one time (Finder, MiniFinder, *). You had to quit your current application to get back to Finder or MiniFinder, and when you launched an application from there, Finder/MiniFinder would quit. This, of course, was because the original Mac's specs were too low for the purpose of running multiple processes. And in case you're wondering how desk accessories worked: they're device drivers. No, really. I'm not kidding. “I was intrigued by something called the MiniFinder, which seems to be a cross between the Dock and the application switcher.”

It’s actually an application launcher, since MultiFinder hadn’t been introduced yet, and therefore you could only have one application running at one time (Finder, MiniFinder, *). You had to quit your current application to get back to Finder or MiniFinder, and when you launched an application from there, Finder/MiniFinder would quit. This, of course, was because the original Mac’s specs were too low for the purpose of running multiple processes.

And in case you’re wondering how desk accessories worked: they’re device drivers. No, really. I’m not kidding.

]]> By: Dale http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dale Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:41:16 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/#comment-25 I recall being at WWDC about 5 years ago in a session where Chris introduced himself proudly as Employee no.8. Actually, he has his own Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Espinosa" rel="nofollow">entry</a>! I recall being at WWDC about 5 years ago in a session where Chris introduced himself proudly as Employee no.8. Actually, he has his own Wikipedia entry!

]]> By: Scott Stevenson http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Scott Stevenson Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:45:03 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/20/from-the-days-of-yore/#comment-24 <i>I’m just assuming that it’s the same person rather than, say, the second generation of Espinosas, and that Chris has been at Apple the whole time</i> It is. I’m just assuming that it’s the same person rather than, say, the second generation of Espinosas, and that Chris has been at Apple the whole time

It is.

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