Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!psueea!psueea.uucp!hoofb From: hoofb@psueea.uucp (Bruce Hoof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: INITPicker, etc. (was Re: INITs clear screen) Message-ID: <1644@psueea.UUCP> Date: 29 Aug 89 03:52:02 GMT References: <1989Aug21.113301.4620@aucs.uucp> <17474@ut-emx.UUCP> <13721@bloom-b <269@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@psueea.UUCP Reply-To: hoofb@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Bruce Hoof) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Portland State University; Portland OR Lines: 37 In article <269@zip.eecs.umich.edu> arie@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Arie Covrigaru) writes: >In article <13363@well.UUCP> svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes: >>>1. Since it doesn't change the type of those files that are disabled, the >>> control panel will still show a cdev that was actually not loaded. >>> >> Personally this is a MUCH better method of implementing support for >>Init Management than the file type changing for a couple of reasons. 1) I get >>to keep my Icons on the desktop, 2) I can change values in the cdev's BEFORE I >>reboot and then have to change and reboot AGAIN, and 3) less chance of things >>breaking in the future when Apple changes the rules. >> >I had no intention of starting an argument here but I believe that the net >is for people to give their opinions about products that we use (or try to >use). > >But to the point: Personally, I find it disturbing to have so many icons >in the Control Panel when some of them are not loaded. Now of course I I had this exact same problem, Having the non-active CDEV's come up when I select the control panel. I did not mind all those CDEV's in the control panel but I did mind the clutter of Icons that I had to go through to get to the one I wanted. Recently I have discovered "cdev shrinker" by John Rotenstein. It changes the control panel to replace the icons with the cdev's title. The upshot is you are able to see about 24 cdev's without scrolling the list. Click on the one you want and you are there. No more endless scrolling to sellect the one you want. You still have to wait for the control panel to find all the cdev's before it comes up. The same guy wrote "Nothing" recently posted on the net. It might be queued up to go on comp.binaries.mac. Care to coment, moderater? Just thought you would like to know. Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: I am not attached to any organization. I am just a poor student getting through school. Hopefully soon.