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From: jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.engin.umich.edu (John F. Mansfield)
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Subject: Re: Re: cool About boxes...
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Date: 5 Mar 89 16:50:00 GMT
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In article <20570@dhw68k.cts.com> thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes:
>In article <10330139@accuvax.nwu.edu> chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) writes:
>>
>>-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful...  It is a standard
>>-   La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down 
>>-   at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects).  It is in
>
>  I think the SoundEdit about box is nasty. Sure, there's room for humor,
>but fake System bombs are in pretty poor taste. It strikes me as being on
>a par with "joke" programs like the one that puts up a dialog saying,
>"Formatting disk...," as it accesses your hard drive in a scary but non-
>destructive way. If you find that sort of thing funny, great... but I don't
>want it in a program I've paid money for.
>
>
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I think someone left his sense of humour at home.

John Mansfield
North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48109-2143. 313-936-3352
Internet: jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu or john_mansfield.um.cc.umich.edu