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Desktop is not an app!
Authored by: a1291762 on Apr 30, '02 05:59:28PM

The disable desktop feature of Tinkertool does not stop a particular app from running, it just tells the Finder not to draw a background.

So while it may speed up redraws over the "desktop" it doesn't result in less programs running or anything.

Under the PB (or before... can't remember) the Finder was called "Desktop".

The "blue" color that is left is put their by the WindowServer or loginwindow process. You *could* write an app to display a picture (a-la Finder) but it would probably need to use an undocumented API.



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