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====Servant==== Servant was another attempt by Andy Hertzfeld at multitasking on the Macintosh, intended to solve Switcher's shortcomings. Released in September 1986, it was effectively a Finder, Switcher and [[ResEdit]] combined into one tool for the [[Macintosh Plus]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040413223524/http://homepage.mac.com/senorwences/servant_page/servant_servant_intro.html Servant - Macintosh Servant]</ref> Its file manager is unusual due to its lack of a scrollbar, instead requiring to hold and drag the window background like a modern map app. One of its most interesting features is the first known implementation of wallpapers on the Macintosh, allowing users to replace the default grey background with [[MacPaint]] or ThunderScan images.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040413223131/http://homepage.mac.com/senorwences/servant_page/servant_servant_finder.html Finder - Macintosh Servant]</ref> In comparison to Switcher, Servant allows users to open apps as they see fit instead of requiring you to select which apps you want to run first, then launching them inside Switcher. Switcher also has a primitive ability to recover from application crashes as well as force quit stuck applications that are no longer responding.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040404051048/http://homepage.mac.com/senorwences/servant_page/servant_servant_switcher.html Switcher - Macintosh Servant]</ref> The result is a user experience more intuitive than Switcher. While Servant's resource editing features are not as full featured as ResEdit, it does allow editing file icons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040413224430/http://homepage.mac.com/senorwences/servant_page/servant_servant_resedit.html ResEdit - Macintosh Servant]</ref>
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