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Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????

I wasn't disagreeing with your/others' concerns about the new API. I was
just pointing out some tips when using the API to help avoid using too much
of the system's resources.

- Matthew

on 10/3/01 2:51 AM, Stiphane Sudre at email@hidden remarked:

> On mardi, octobre 2, 2001, at 11:42 , Matthew Formica wrote:
>
>> Dock extras have never been public API, so they were always used at
>> your own
>> risk. Also, when doing things the new way, you may want to consider
>> writing
>> a special small app designed to run all the time, have a low
>> memory/processor footprint, and just run the dock menu. It would then
>> launch the main app when needed and when given menu items were selected.
>> The alternative is to make sure that your app maintains a low memory
>> footprint when it isn't doing real work, so that every running dock app
>> out
>> there doesn't hog lots of memory even when not doing anything.
>
> Yes you can do that. But:
>
> - you need to launch the application. How do you do this ? StartUpItems,
> login applications ? In this case, say bye bye to drag and drop
> installation.
>
> - you need to create a whole application just to do a Dock Extra. On a
> side note, I don't understand John mention of faceless background
> applications having a menu in the dock. If they are faceless background,
> how can they have an icon in the dock ?????
>
> - do you think Windows developers would be happy if Microsoft didn't
> allow them to add items to the Task Bar ?
>
> --
> Stephane
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