[WinMac] Re: extensions

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:17:21 -0500

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> I work on Macs every day. And unless I perform a "clean install" with no
>apps, then even I have trouble keeping up with everything Adobe, Quark, and
>M$ apps deposit into the Extensions Folder... Even double-clicking the line
>item in Conflict Catcher doesn't always explain what this or that
>particular file does...

Much worse are the thousands of dlls that windows apps like to install
all the time. And these have very criptic names that are hard to figure
out what they're for (when will we ever see the last of those damn 8.3
names???). At least with the extensions you get aninlking of what it is
by its name (sometimes) if Conflict cathcer doesn't tell you...

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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