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> Unfortunately, this only works on a Macintosh running Netscape [1] This is the most specific "best viewed with..." message I have seen. [1] https://www.spac
by abiogenesis 6y ago
> Unfortunately, this only works on a Macintosh running Netscape [1]
This is the most specific "best viewed with..." message I have seen.
[1] https://www.spacejam.com/cmp/souvenirs/iconsframes.html https://www.spacejam.com/cmp/souvenirs/iconsframes.html
- edbaskerville 6y agoIt's even crazier than that. That page suggests using ResEdit to modify the Netscape application to feature their spinnning basketball icon rather than the standard "N". (ResEdit was Apple's editor for data in the resource fork of HFS files, which classic Mac apps used to store their assets. Mac OS X abandoned this interesting but unusual approach in favor of the NeXT way, ".app" directory hierarchies.)
- jdofaz 6y agoI was surprised by that too, it would be kind of like the new Trolls movie advising kids to make tweaks in windows registry. Hope they don't make any mistakes :D
- ufmace 6y agoWell that really takes me back! It was pretty cool how classic Mac apps had most images, text strings, that sort of thing in the standardized resource fork structure. Which meant that you usually could alter a bunch of things about an app's appearance and sometimes behavior by editing those resources with a standard editor.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoIt’s not really a message about browser compatibility. They’re explaining how to change a specific icon on a Mac. Unsurprisingly, a tutorial written for a specific system will only work on that system.