Rhapsody's Finder Application

Finder Application
The Rhapsody Finder application is an evolution of the 8.0 Finder shipped in Tempo. As such, many of the features from Finder 8.0 will be continued. These include:
ï pop-up windows
ï spring loaded navigation
ï button view
ï per folder view preferences
ï contextual menus
ï cursor feedback
ï clean up and arrange functionality
Along with these recent features, the Finder will adopt as much of the traditional Finder behavior as possible (i.e. aliases, pixel level positioning of icons, translucent dragging, etc.). This document will evolve to cover these behaviors.
The following sections covers Finder features that are either new or a significant enhancement over those of Finder 8.0.
Special Menu Items
Some special menu items, such as Shut Down, Empty Trash, and Log Out are currently kept in the File menu of the Finder. The final location of these menu items has not been decided, and may move to more globally available locations such as the Apple or Process menus.
Extensible New menu
The Finder will have an extensible ìNewî menu in the File menu. This menu will allow the user to create new file system objects (aliases, application documents, etc.) in the currently active container. The interaction is the same as that of ìNew Folderî. The item is created and the name field is opened for edit.
The menu is user configurable. The configuration mechanism is TBD. The contents of this menu will be kept in the userís home directory allowing it to be reestablished as part of the userís virtual desktop.