For Win 9x, yes, qualified. Any icon uses some of the available GUI
resources in Win 9x. However, in the big picture, icons on the desktop are
usually minor compared to other factors.
Some of the biggest offenders in resource usage are
1) programs that have "resource" (not memory) leaks,
2) lots of installed fonts,
3) programs that use "tabs" to allow quick access to different window views
(i.e., Eudora) and
4) programs that are just resource inefficient (i.e., Netscape 4.x and
earlier).
Windows NT based OS's (NT, W2K, XP) allocate resources differently and are
not as easily affected by these problems.
Doug
At 1/29/2003 05:05 PM, Demetri Kolokotronis wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:44:28 -0500 Doctor Data <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > I often find the less stuff you have
> > on your desktop, the better.
> > Bill Ades
>
>Can you please explain? Do number of shortcuts on Desktop degrade
>performance?
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