Yeah, I suppose the latter. Apple was super-cautious (even then) about copyright violation (even though it was clearly outside copyright). I was too big for my britches.
“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us... and we drown.”
(Maybe I should add that Apple was sort of circling the drain about this time. I wondered if it was the last OS we would ship and there was a kind of sadness if that were the case. Somehow the line resonated with me at the time — I felt we were a little like "drowners" (that would probably be more of a Suede reference).)
For whatever it's worth, people like you are why I stuck with Apple even when they were headed for bankruptcy. Quirky, human stuff like the crayon picker (which I remember a lot of people loved; the weardown effect especially) and easter eggs (which I spent much of my childhood hunting for in ResEdit) really defined the Mac experience for me at that point. It was one of the few platforms I can think of that actually had a sense of character.
I've been wondering this for 25 years: how did you generate the crayons? They were pretty realistic.
“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us... and we drown.”
(Maybe I should add that Apple was sort of circling the drain about this time. I wondered if it was the last OS we would ship and there was a kind of sadness if that were the case. Somehow the line resonated with me at the time — I felt we were a little like "drowners" (that would probably be more of a Suede reference).)