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| Date: | 06 Feb 2001 at 22:52:37 |
| Subject: | Re: Custom screens (was: Re: Can someone look at this code?) |
On 06-Feb-01, Allan Odgaard wrote:
>> But, If I have an application that I don't want anybody messing
>> around with, why not use CUSTOMSCREEN ??
>
> As long as you don't call SetDefaultPubScreen() then no windows will
> mess up your display.
Untrue. If it is necessary to keep other applications away from the screen it
would be best to keep it private.
>> Please explain your reason for disliking custom screens.... ??
>
> I thought I did so in the other letter. Why don't you explain your
> reasons for disallowing the user to open windows on your screen, even
> when he really wants to? Reminds me a little of the demo-days, where
> people went through a lot of trouble to make sure that graphics and
> modules couldn't be ripped from the demos.
I believe you mean they tried to make the demo do a whole lot very quickly
with a small size. Well, efficiency has nothing to do with scattering .iff
.8svx and .mod files all over the place. And when you freeze/kill the OS the
odds of any filesystems still being alive are dubious.
> No-one considered that users
> wanted to hear the modules in trackers running in the backgroumd, use
> the graphics for backgrounds pictures, or print them in magazines when
> reviewing demos etc.
A reviewer for a publication of a decent size would not find getting
screenshots difficult. And I've seen quite a few demo mods out and about.
> Why is there some strange idea that the programmer knows what the user
> want,
Why is there some strange idea that all users know what the programmer wants?
:-)
> and should try to limit the user in a way that's not just
> avoiding mistakes, but gives the super user a lot of trouble doing the
> things he'd like to do?
Because making the computer do its thing is more important. A 68000 at 7.15
MHz doesn't offer the headroom a dual Athlon 1.2GHz with a GeForce chip does.
Super users know this AFAIK. :-)
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