[WinMac] Re: extensions

Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]Adobe.COM)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:23:10 -0500

At 9:17 PM -0500 1/13/99, Alex Dearden wrote:
>> 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 at least Adobe software only installs Shared Libraries
(they just happen to go into Extensions - blame Apple), unlike other
companies that do actually install "Extensions" that patch the OS.

Leonard
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