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From: bhatlas@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Sunil Bhatla)
Subject: One simple way to remove icons from the Apple Menu in Sys 7
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Someone had complained about the amount of time it takes to display
the apple menu in System 7 - and wondered if drawing the icons slowed
down the process.

Well, I removed the icons from my apple menu, and yes! It draws much
faster now.

I did a "get info" on all the items in the Apple Menu folder, and
replaced the icons with a blank one (accomplished by creating a blank
ICN# resource in Resedit, doing a "select all" and copy in the edit
window).

Of course, now I have empty white space next to the names of the apple
menu items, but at least I don't sit around for 1.2 seconds twiddling
my thumbs each time the menu is drawn :-)

Please, no flames, I'm sure we all differ in our aesthetic preferences.

Now if only someone more knowledgeable could tell us of a hack to get
rid of the white space inhabited by the icons...

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