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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 'Virtual Monitors'
Message-ID: <90006.104037UH2@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 6 Jan 90 15:40:37 GMT
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In article <18316@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, matthews@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jim
Matthews) says:
>
>This flexibility violates the spirit of a multitasking OS.  A program
>shouldn't be able to unilaterally modify the appearance of another
>program's window.  Allowing programs to change resolution or screen
>depth means that they can monopolize a shared resource, namely the

I disagree.  I think perhaps you are confusing "multi-tasking" with
"multi-user."  I probably don't want another user to modify my windows
and screens, but there are many cases where I want to run program A,
and then run program B to change the appearance of program A's window
or screen.  I might change its size, color, font, or position in some
way that the author of program A did not anticipate.

                                                    lee
>screen.
>
>The Mac has one problem in this regard, in that programs can change the
>color palette for a screen.  This problem will disappear when true
>color is affordable and fast enough for programs to dispense with color
>lookup tables.
>
>Jim Matthews
>Dartmouth Software Development