Re: some thoughts..

["Kenneth R. Kinder" <Ken KenAndTed com>]

> 
> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > [fm stuff]
> 
> I won't comment much, someone else probably will, but I'll just say that I
> don't know why everyone's main concern with the file manager is memory
> use. If you are worried about memory, use mv/rm/ls, or text-mode mc. gmc
> is only 800K, anyway. The point of it is usability. Usability concerns
> should be foremost. Compare gmc's menus and dialogs with those of kfm or
> Windows explorer. Don't you think that's more pressing than a few K? 
> If I was going to hack on it, that's what I'd work on, anyway.

I disagree; resource usage IS major concern.  No one wants to "pull a 
microsoft" (bloat software) here.  Personally, I'd put memory over CPU or 
hard disk usage, so I'd be in favor of a large, but very modular file 
manager.

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