<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
desktop	B-Device
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
a	O
simple	O
environment	O
for	O
new	O
Macintosh	B-Device
users	O
and	O
young	O
children	O
to	O
help	O
them	O
to	O
work	O
without	O
supervision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
replaces	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
desktop	B-Device
,	O
providing	O
a	O
simple	O
tabbed	O
panel-oriented	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
in	O
which	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
documents	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
icons	O
on	O
large	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panels	O
:	O
at	O
the	O
main	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
desktop	B-Device
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
"	O
panels	O
"	O
which	O
are	O
accessed	O
with	O
tab	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
displays	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
one	O
displays	O
their	O
personal	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
users	O
:	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
,	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
support	O
multiple	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
2.0	O
and	O
later	O
provided	O
an	O
easy	O
and	O
safe	O
way	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
users	O
to	O
store	O
personal	O
files	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
and	O
protect	O
them	O
from	O
other	O
people	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharing	O
:	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
allows	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Security	O
:	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
allowed	O
passwords	O
to	O
be	O
set	O
for	O
each	O
user	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
that	O
one	O
user	O
cannot	O
log	O
on	O
to	O
another	O
user	O
's	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
for	O
Workgroups	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
log	O
on	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
from	O
any	O
workstation	O
that	O
has	O
the	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
software	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
for	O
Workgroups	O
introduced	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
network-specific	O
features	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
beige-colored	O
Applications	B-Application
"	O
folder	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
blue-colored	O
Documents	O
"	O
folder	O
"	O
that	O
each	O
user	O
had	O
in	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
workspace	O
,	O
the	O
workgroup	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
also	O
allowed	O
for	O
easier	O
access	O
to	O
removable	O
media	O
:	O
a	O
pink-colored	O
folder	O
would	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
profile	O
for	O
any	O
CD-ROM	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
computer	O
and	O
a	O
green-colored	O
folder	O
would	O
appear	O
for	O
a	O
floppy	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
for	O
Workgroups	O
also	O
included	O
an	O
Administration	O
program	O
that	O
can	O
add	O
users	O
and	O
workgroups	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
for	O
Workgroups	O
5	O
also	O
provided	O
a	O
restricted	O
Finder	B-Application
mode	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
to	O
operate	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
traditional	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
panels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
restricted	O
Finder	B-Application
mode	O
later	O
evolved	O
into	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
's	O
multiple	O
users	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
was	O
sold	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
Network	O
Administrator	O
Toolkit	O
(	O
ANAT	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
additionally	O
included	O
Apple	O
Network	O
Assistant	O
and	O
Apple	O
User	O
and	O
Group	O
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
users	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
bringing	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
straight	O
into	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
thus	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
use	O
a	O
different	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
appear	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
similarity	O
to	O
the	O
Launcher	O
control	O
panel	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
and	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Simple	O
Finder	B-Application
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
At	B-Operating_System
Ease	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
