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To: trouthead who wrote (7642)	5/19/1998 6:22:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) of 74651

There is a point where I can see the argument about integration. For instance if MSFT integrated all of Word's features into the Explorer. That would make for a very messy menu though, not to mention a very long icon tool bar. I don't see that happening. Clearly creating professional looking documents of all types is different than web browsing. And the only reason I could see MSFT going that far would be to put Corel and Lotus down for the count for good. I wouldn't be happy about that. But I don't see it happening. Viewing file statistics (location, size, date created/changed, type of file, ie shortcut/program/document) vs. viewing html address contents...okay statistics and properties vs. contents isn't exactly the same thing, but it easily works with one relatively small icon tool bar, and one menu set. I think it's fine. It works, without unduly stretching the menus and icons into a convoluted mess. Now if MSFT added all the FrontPage web page creation abilities into the integrated file/web browser, that would be a stretch too. It plain wouldn't work, and people wouldn't like that much in one set of icons/menus.

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