Comment on Alan Kay answers “What was it like to be at Xerox PARC when Steve Jobs visited?”parentComments−agumonkey8yI believe it was a per application design. File explorer could copy folder and files (windows too). But you can't copy anything out of the box.−robotresearcher8yThe macOS Finder comes in the box. Copy paste a file icon to replicate a file. I just tried it and it works.−agumonkey8ycan you copy an application ? a window ? a structured paragraph ?−lostlogin8yYes to an app, no to a window and I don’t know what a structured paragraph is. I can’t explain how but being able to copy a window seems like it would break the metaphor.−robotresearcher8yAn application (*.app), yes. Window, no. Structured paragraph, yes.Shrug.
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I believe it was a per application design. File explorer could copy folder and files (windows too). But you can't copy anything out of the box.
The macOS Finder comes in the box. Copy paste a file icon to replicate a file. I just tried it and it works.
can you copy an application ? a window ? a structured paragraph ?
Yes to an app, no to a window and I don’t know what a structured paragraph is. I can’t explain how but being able to copy a window seems like it would break the metaphor.
An application (*.app), yes. Window, no. Structured paragraph, yes.
Shrug.