Received from Ben Kennedy on 26/5/03 at 5:10 pm >I used to use Default Folder under 9 (several years ago now); it was >great. Maybe I will try out the OS X version. It bothers me though that >such third-party extensions are required to make a system usable; then >when I go to do something on someone else's box, I forget that I have to >stumble.
Remember, however, that a great many of the finesses that we came to know and love in OS9 were originally 3rd party add-ons that Apple appropriated -- things like Windowshade, BeHeirarchic, and others. Whenever I had to work at a different office on somebody else's mac -- before I ever touched OSX -- I always used to carry a CD-R with my favourite extensions and control panels and such like to install for the duration of my tenure there, just so I felt at home and could work as efficiently as possible. So this is not a specific OSX issue. The evolutionary process of 3rd party ideas becoming part of the OS itself took place over many years; OSX is still relatively young, and maybe many of the things that we currently rely on bolt-ons to accomplish will become built in in the near future. Just food for thought. Rick ----------- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS 10.2.6 :: PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode :: 768 MB RAM <www.sharkattack.co.uk>
