A menu bar icon was introduced that gave users easy access to common tasks such as dialing and disconnecting.
Richard left Apple to form Rockstar Studios along with Brian Chen, creator of the immensely popular screensaver from Berkeley Systems, "After Dark".
Steve Dagley developed an all-new control panel that included location management.
This was a time when most operating systems did not come with any form of TCP networking support, requiring separate installation before its users could connect to the Internet.
Open Transport eventually included a completely new PPP developed by Apple directly into Mac OS but many users choose FreePPP for its advanced and easy to use features.
FreePPP is still widely available for users of older Macintosh hardware that cannot run Mac OS X.
Besides Steve Dagley and Richard Reynolds, other contributors in the FreePPP group are Mike Alexander, Yan Arrouye, Steve Brecher, Jim Browne, Alec Carlson, Tom Evans, Joe Husk, Cliff McCollum, Edward Moy, Tom Shaw and John Stephen.