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From: lipa@POLYA.STANFORD.EDU (William Lipa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Centering alerts
Message-ID: <CMM.0.86.582599352.lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 88 01:09:12 GMT
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Why isn't there any easy way to center alerts on both a Mac II and a regular
Mac? The ALRT resource had sufficient power when all Macs had the same screen
size, but now it needs updating. It should have a bit that represents whether
or not you want the Alert Manager to center the alert on the active window's
screen.

There are many examples of rough spots in the Mac operating system such as
this. Apple does a good job refining and enhancing the Mac interface from a
user's point of view, but life is getting increasingly difficult for the
programmer.

Without easier ways of doing things, programs will tend to implement less and
less of the user interface guidelines. Ultimately the users will suffer as
programs become less consistent.

Bill Lipa
lipa@polya.stanford.edu