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From: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need some MF help
Keywords: MultiFinder
Message-ID: <912@smurf.ira.uka.de>
Date: 13 Apr 89 20:42:07 GMT
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Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac.programmer sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes:
< 
< Here's a useful feature not currently supported by the System: it's
< nice to be able to shrink down or partially hide your windows when
< you're not frontmost.
< 
< Versaterm is a good example of a program that does this. [...]

.MILD FLAME ON
Ever heard about "Suspend-Resume events" ???
.MILD FLAME OFF

< I understand what you guys in DTS are saying, but it seems to me that
< the world is full of budding Microsoft's (i.e., people and companies
< who do what they want, regardless of the "official" line), and if you
< don't provide a legal way to do something, saying "don't do this"
< won't prevent it from being done.  I think you have to look at the end
< result, which currently is that people are doing all sorts of terrible
< (by DTS standards) things to check for the existence of Multifinder.
< Give them a "legal" way to do it and you have at least a small chance
< that things won't all break with the next System release.
< 
Well, but what if the next System release doesn't distinguish at all whether
MF is running or not?

The fact(s) that the Notification Manager will completely stop the foreground
application, or that I only have to copy a few more PD programs onto my
hard disk to get the most spectacular crash (if not running under Desktop
Manager), are more pressing problems than putting in a feature no one
has any legitimate use for.

The above is strictly my personal opinion!

BTW, yes I know about the problem with _Launch, but that will be adressed
shortly (or so I hope). And yes, I know that you want to leave space for
the Finder's icons when zooming out and if MF is running, but having a
check box in your preferences is the better way to do it. So there.

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