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From: mike@octel.UUCP (Michael D. Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: INIT User guidlines proposal
Message-ID: <52@octel.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 89 00:41:03 GMT
References: <8910310234.AA09180@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: mike@octel.UUCP (Mike Crawford)
Organization: Octel Communications Corporation
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IMHO an init should not _require_ one to do any action at all upon booting.
For example, BigScreen, a shareware init that is like Stepping Out, puts
up a dialog asking you for the desired screen size before allowing the
boot to continue.  This would be better handled in a control panel
document.  I like to flick on my mac and hard drive, and leave it be while
I do something else for a moment, and come back with the finder open.

When programming, one reboots a lot (I do anyway.  Maybe when I get better
I won't!), and having to fiddle with inits during a programming session
makes me just turn them off.

A very good way to handle inits is with initCDEV.  I have downloaded
but not yet tried FreshStart.  These are CDEV's and inits that allow
you to selectively turn inits on and off, without dragging them.  I find
dragging inits to be a real drag.

Having a single key to disable the loading of any inits at all would be
handy.
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