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From: weiss@watson.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: New replacement for INITs
Keywords: INIT extensions System 7
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Date: 12 May 91 01:08:12 GMT
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Now that System 7 is out, (well, day after tomorrow, but who's counting?)
I think it's about time that we start looking very carefully at our INIT
collections.  See, while many INITs are true System extensions, some are
more like tiny programs of their own.  It seems as if these could be turned
into standalone programs that respond to AppleEvents.  I'm thinking of the
INITs like:
PopChar  Pyro/After Dark  Calendar Reminder INITs  

Those that will have to remain as extensions are ones that do fancy resource
replacements like:
AltWDEF  Scroll2  Personality  ClickChange  ATM

Now, I don't know enough about AppleEvents to know which category virus
protection programs would fit under, but the first choice should always
from now on be to make them individual programs.  Make them automatically
start up, and they should be much less prone to stepping on each others'
toes (as long as they obey the proper AppleEvent protocol).

What say you?
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