NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/apps/18998

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From: [e-mail] (JimG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Be Heirarchic Question
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 25 Dec 92 15:21:00 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Hani W. Akhras) writes:
> I have a PB 160 running 7.1 and I have noticed that when Be Heiarchic is
> installed, it takes much much longer to boot up the computer. After all the
> extensions are loaded, you can hear the hard drive spinning for about 20
> seconds. Is this normal?

    BeHierarchic was a little slow at startup, as it updated its data file,
    but I don't recall it taking that long, even on my LC, although I never
    used it on a PowerBook. If you've already got the latest/last version of
    BeHierarchic (1.0.5, I think), it might be worth looking at the commercial
    version which replaced it, called Kiwi Power Menus. In this, according
    to the blurb, 'the startup slowdown has simply been designed away'. I've
    been using KPM for about six months now, and I haven't had any
    problems with it. When it first came out, registered BeHierarchic users
    could buy it for $12, but I think that offer's expired now. The normal
    retail price, quoted in the introductory letter to registered users, is
    $39.95 (which I think's a touch on the expensive side - but as I only
    had to pay $12 I wasn't bothered). There is a demo version available,
    which I could send to you if you like; it's restricted in that it only
    expands the Control Panels folder, but I suppose you could dump a load
    of folder aliases in there temporarily and time the startup sequence, to
    see if it's worth buying for you. The main enhancements to KPM, apart
    from bug fixes and the performance improvement, were custom font/size in
    the Apple menu, plus 'DeepLevel' menus (ie. no practical limit to the
    number of nested folders); it also checks for recursive use of folder
    aliases, and tags them as 'Redundant Menus'. Kiwi's 'phone number is
    1-800-321-5494.
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    Another Fine Product from <[e-mail]> {JimG : Hatfield, England}