Depending on what it is you want to do I'll say it's a qualified YES
There are at least a couple places where this is very useful.
And app that has to run all the time and not require any user
intervention to start, like a kiosk, is a great way to do this.
On OS 9 the Finder is NOT the OS. It's just the UI to it.
The underlying OS will keep the Finder running at all times unless
something else is running and has quit the Finder.
Or you can hack the OS files to launch a different application.
I've usually just made my app take the Finder Type and Creator and
put it in the System folder and voila !
Your app IS the Finder, and runs all the time and unless the OS
itself hangs it runs all the time.
IF you want to mimic the existing Finder and do all that it does then
you have a much bigger job.
Well I have this crazy idea of using Rb3D and somehow displaying the files
and folders in a 3D world. However I'm not even sure if I could or it
could be done.
So I guess mimic the Finder to a point, but in 3D.
I guess I don't know much about the technical side of the Finder.
This was just an idea I have had for while and was wonder if Rb could do it.
Yeah making most app's the "finder" can give it a boost. At least in OS 9.
Not sure if that "trick" works in 10 though.
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