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Finderella

Finderella - 1.0b5

Simple Finder replacement for very young children

All Time: (3.7)
Version 1.0b5: (3.8)
Selected Version: 1.0b5
Release Date: 2002-02-27
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 1.0b5): 0
Downloads (all versions): 16,245

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Product Description:

Finderella is a simple Finder replacement for very young children whose parents do not want them to mess up their hard disks. It also allows parents to limit the applications that their child can use. It is also Mac OS X compatible.

What's new in this version:

Added support for French.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

  • PPC
  • Mac OS 8.6 or higher with CarbonLib
    or
  • Mac OS X 10.0 or higher

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Finderella CommentaryDock is hideable - Version: 1.2, 10/22/2006 11:47AM PST

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drtimothyjames
I have not tried Finderella, but I did find a way to hide the dock, although I haven't checked for some programs' compatibility on Intel Macs. (I have a PowerBook G4.) I use two programs, Transparent Dock and Deskshade Plus (version 1). With Transparent Dock, you disable the "Float Dock Above Other Applications" option. And Deskshade Plus (again, I've only tried it with version 1) will put a mask over your desktop. I have discovered that when I do that, my dock does not appear no matter what size it's set to or where it is pinned. If I need access to the dock, I simply tell Deskshade plus to stop covering the desktop. I tried Desktop Curtain (a very fine program), but the dock still showed with that.
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Finderella CommentaryActually... - Version: 1.1.1, 5/27/2003 05:17AM PST

ylon
If you really wanted to, you could write a login script for those for whom you wish to remove the dock so that it would remove or make nonexecutable each time that person logged in and then when they log out make it executable again (and a safety precaution) make everyone else who wants the dock verify that the dock is executable or make it so upon login.
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Finderella CommentaryActually Robin there's… - Version: 1.0, 8/26/2002 03:35PM PST

Derek Scott
an easy way to stop people from accesssing the Dock. You can move the Dock out of the CoreServices folder and it will not automatically start up when the Finder loads.
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