Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!kennels!sbeagle From: sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Thomas Farmer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: random thoughts on iconification Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 23:32:13 GMT References: <380@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Organization: Orb Systems Unlimited, NZ Lines: 32 bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End) writes: > In article <1991Jun29.192118.19947@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit. > =- > =- Another problem with some of these programs is that they cause problems > =-with certain applictions. PopUpMenu GURU's the hell out of my system. > =-Even if I boot clean, load VLT, and use PopUpMenu I get GURU's galore. > > Of course programs tha cause problems should be avoided, but one has to be > careful in placing blame. Just because a PD utility interacts badly with som > commercial application, for instance, doesn't mean the utility is at fault. > Many applications are poorly written and break all kinds of rules. Sadly, th > are many commercial programmers out there whose knowledge of the Amiga and it > requirements is minimal compared to the better 'hobbyist' programmers, becaus > they must work with many types of machines. > > I've had NO bad interactions between PopUpMenu and any other programs, includ > VLT, so I'm surprised to hear about these GURUs. I wonder if there's two versions of Popupmenu around? I too had very serious problems when I installed Popupmenu which went away when I removed it. The rest of the time my system is very stable. I also wished Popupmenu just brough the bar down, rather than changing from a horizontal menu to a vertical one... sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz aka Thomas Farmer Ph.+64-4-796306 "Apricot sometimes wished she lived in as ordinary a household as did her neighbours; though the more she considered the neighbours the less ordinary they seemed. ... perhaps all the normal people lived down another street?" Darcy's Utopia - Fay Weldon