Inform INIT 8.1

Ê Ê Ê Ê Version 8.1 - Released April, 1998 Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Dan Frakes. All rights reserved. Ê MacUser 1997 Shareware of the Year. MacUser's "Five-Mice" Award / MacWorld Online Pick. The Mac Pruning Pages web site, InformINIT's "home," was chosen as one of 1997's "Best Mac Web Sites" by MacWorld. InformINIT has also been featured and/or mentioned in MacUser, MacWorld, InformINIT 8.1 1 - InformINIT Title Page © 1995-1998 Dan Frakes Page 1 MacWeek, MacAddict, Mac Home Journal, MacFormat (UK), MacLife (Japan), MacWelt (Germany), MacWorld Sweden and other publications. A book based on InformINIT was published in the UK in July, 1997. It has since been translated into several languages. Ê InformINIT 8.1 1 - InformINIT Title Page © 1995-1998 Dan Frakes Page 2 Ê Ê IN THIS CHAPTER: ¥ Web browser tips ¥ Purpose ¥ Why is it called InformINIT? ¥ Disclaimer ¥ Acknowledgements ¥ How to contact me ___________________________________________________________________________ WEB BROWSER TIPS Throughout InformINIT, you will see "NN" and "IE" buttons: ¥ If you are running Netscape Navigator, clicking on the "NN" buttons will take you to the corresponding URL. You must have Netscape r u nni ng for this to work. Ê <- Click on t h i s button to launch Netscape Navigator. ¥ If you are running Internet Explorer, clicking on the "IE" buttons will take you to the corresponding URL. You must have Explorer r un ni ng for this to work. Ê <- Click on t h i s button to launch Internet Explorer. ___________________________________________________________________________ PURPOSE InformINIT has several purposes: ¥ To help users maintain the cleanest, leanest and newest System software possible. ¥ To satisfy curiosity as to what each and every control panel/extension/etc. is and does. ¥ To help Mac users prune their system folders of unnecessary extensions, control panels, etc., in the interests of both RAM consumption and compatibility issues. ¥ To provide information on the MacOS and System software to help users get to know their Macs better. InformINIT 8.1 2 - Introduction © 1995-1998 Dan Frakes Page 1 The contents of InformINIT relating to specific files include descriptions, version numbers, RAM usage figures, incompatibility notes, and a few "secret gems" of info that may surprise you. If there is something listed in InformINIT that isn't on your own computer, it may be because it really doesn't belo…