Re: FinderExtras Folder

[daye@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Critical Mass)]

In article <2tq3h9$baq@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
Nathan Mates <nathan@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
>In article <phandel.2s73@sempco.uucp>,
>Peter Handel <phandel@sempco.uucp> wrote:
>>I heard from someone that it's VERY unsafe to put stuff in the FinderExtras
>>folder instead of just dumping it into the System.Setup dir.
>
>
>   Do you have any sort of explanation why? I've got a whole bunch of
>things in FinderExtras, and my system isn't very unstable at all. In
>fact, I have a few Finder Extensions (so says the Finder's GetInfo)
>that are highly unstable when in system.setup (EasyOpen is unstable in
>system.setup, but very solid and cool from FinderExtras), and therefore
>got moved to FinderExtras.
>
>   Enquiring minds want to know why. If this was a real problem, would
>we have heard more about it from reputable sources?
>

The only difference between System.Setup and FinderExtras are that the
FinderExtras are only loaded when the finder is loaded, and purged when
the finder is quit.  I can imagine a few cases where shoving things into
FinderExtras that aren't meant to go there would cause problems.

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