Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
- Subject: Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
- From: Matthew Formica <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:49:34 -0700
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:
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On mardi, octobre 2, 2001, at 11:42 , Matthew Formica wrote:
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> Dock extras have never been public API, so they were always used at
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> your own
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> risk. Also, when doing things the new way, you may want to consider
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> writing
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> a special small app designed to run all the time, have a low
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> memory/processor footprint, and just run the dock menu. It would then
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> launch the main app when needed and when given menu items were selected.
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> The alternative is to make sure that your app maintains a low memory
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> footprint when it isn't doing real work, so that every running dock app
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> out
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> there doesn't hog lots of memory even when not doing anything.
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Yes you can do that. But:
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- you need to launch the application. How do you do this ? StartUpItems,
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login applications ? In this case, say bye bye to drag and drop
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installation.
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- you need to create a whole application just to do a Dock Extra. On a
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side note, I don't understand John mention of faceless background
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applications having a menu in the dock. If they are faceless background,
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how can they have an icon in the dock ?????
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- do you think Windows developers would be happy if Microsoft didn't
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allow them to add items to the Task Bar ?
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--
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Stephane
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