Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!mha From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac II screen depth Message-ID: <7411@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 16 Feb 89 03:49:55 GMT References: <4119a45b.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> <352@salgado.stan.UUCP> <2576@spray.CalComp.COM> Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 37 In article <2576@spray.CalComp.COM> anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson) writes: >In article <352@salgado.stan.UUCP> dce@salgado.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >>While this sounds like a useful item, wouldn't it be better to have >>something (cdev or init?) that allows you do attach a mode to an >>application? > >Wouldn't it be even better if application developers would follow the >guidlines? That way we wouldn't have to worry about changing modes. >-- In many cases, it's useful to run even programs that DO follow all the guidelines in a different color mode than you usually do. Many programs just do so much screen work that they are much faster when used in 2-color mode rather than 256. For example, I am using Red Ryder in 2 color mode right now. When I use it in 256 color mode, the scrolling is visibly slower, and the screen clear (when the saved-screens buffer is set above one screen) seems to take forever. That's simply because Scott Watson DID follow all of the guidelines, and supports more than 2 colors. 4th Dimension is another program where the screen updates can take much too long if you're in a mode over 2 colors. I sometimes use it in 256 color mode anyway, but that's only when I need to work with the greyscale graphics that are in one of my databases. I would VERY MUCH like a cdev that lets me assign a specific color level to each application, so I don't have to switch all the time. For now, I'm using Switch-A-Roo to switch between 2 and 256 colors. Is that what the original posting was about? (I couldn't quite tell from the article I saw.) -- Mark H. Anbinder ** MHA@TCGould.tn.cornell.edu NG33 MVR Hall, Media Services Dept. ** THCY@CRNLVAX5.BITNET Cornell University H: (607) 257-7587 ******** Ithaca, NY 14853 W: (607) 255-1566 ******* Ego ipse custodies custudio