| From: | Michael Habermann |
| Date: | 30 Mar 2001 at 06:33:46 |
| Subject: | [D5] OS |
Dear Dr,
> Unfortunately the icon library is a sore point. In 3.1 programs could access
> the icon image data and Opus could do neat things such as caching the images,
> optimising colours & transparency etc but under 3.5 this was taken away
> from us (and other programs) and it was made such that it is now forbidden
> to access the actual image data and in fact the structures are now private.
> The result of this is that we are forced to go through the new top level
> OS 3.5 routines which are much slower. It seemed like a lack of forethough
> and a totally retrograde step to take as far as we (and others) were concerned.
> We argued strongly against this move but they refused to listen to us. So take
> it up with those who stuffed it up, not us.
Geez, thank goodness I never installed that OS 3.5, let alone 3.9.
Michael