TOPIC ---------------------------------------------
This article lists the features of Finder versions 4.1, 5.4, and 5.5.
DISCUSSION ----------------------------------------
Finder 4.1
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These are the features added to Finder 4.1:
* Mini Finder
* Choose Printer Desk Accessory
* New Folder option
* Print Catalog
* Page Setup
* Shut Down
* About the Finder
* Up to 500 documents can be managed. (The previous limit was 130.)
* Icons can be moved, renamed, duplicated, or discarded from directories
in any arrangement--view by icon, name, date, size, or kind.
* Directories are displayed in a text format (name, date, size or kind);
a locked file displays a small padlock next to it.
* If the Finder encounters an error and can't reconstruct folders
exactly, the top level of the folder hierarchy is always remembered
(although the associated names are not).
* Open Dialog box matches user-entered characters.
* New combined Font/Desk Accessory Mover.
Finder 5.4
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These are the features added to Finder 5.4:
* Trash can bulges when there's something in it.
* Two Get Info windows go side-by-side.
* Network Support:
* Network files and volumes supported
* Get privilege
* Allows setting and viewing of access privileges
* Shows folder names, location, user name, privileges, owner, group
* Folder visual appearance indicates folder status.
* Option-drag operation copies an icon instead of moving it.
* Clean Up options: Clean Up Window, Clean Up Desktop, Clean Up Selection(s).
* Shutdown menu item initiates "housecleaning" on system, files, and desktop.
* Restart reboots the system.
* Control Panel accepts additional resources; Chooser 3.0 supports Zones.
* Size options added to RAM Cache.
* TeachText: Communicates undocumented changes; also a simple word processor.
* Startup Manager (SE and II only) Control Panel selection of any hard disk
as Startup Device. Floppy insertion overrides startup selection.
Finder 5.5
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These are the features added to Finder 5.5:
* Adjustment of window size from a larger screen when a window opens on a
smaller screen.
* Resource errors less likely to cause a large desktop file.
* Dialogs and alerts centered on larger screens.
* Comments in the "Get Info" box copied properly when a file is duplicated.
* When boot disk is ejected, more icons (including small icons) are read into
RAM, reducing the number of disk swaps required when changing disks.