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Re: Suggestions:
>>>>> "Raymond" == Data <data@cyberverse.com> writes:
Raymond> You should add a Control Panel to the desktop.. That
Raymond> would be a major improvement... With a Control Panel, you
Raymond> can install things like After Dark (and configure it),
Raymond> and add fonts, etc.
We can't do this before 2.0 is out. Getting the Control Panel glue in
place and working is fine, the problem is CDEVs themselves tend to do
a lot of funky things that we won't support, so even if we had CDEV
support that wouldn't allow you to add fonts, and After Dark would
probably crash, etc.
Before 2.0 ships, you'll be able to drag fonts and DAs into the
hot-band and have them install that way (and you'll be able to
deinstall them by dragging them out).
Raymond> You might also consider, just for
Raymond> nicer look, making the Apple sign on the top of the
Raymond> screen in color. That would make it look even more like a
Raymond> Mac.
Cotton has written the code to do that, but you'll never see it. It's
a matter of copyright violation.
It's OK for us to have the Apple symbol in our bit-map system font,
since we never print it ourselves, we just allow other applications to
print it, and presumably those other apps are doing it with Apple's
blessing, and even if they aren't, it's not our fault.
When an application says use that character as a menu item, we just do
what we're told, no more, no less, and the apple glyph is just treated
like any other set of glyphs.
However, putting in special code to recognize that character and then
draw a colored Apple is not kosher. It is doing *more* than an app
requests, if the app was written before Macs had color, and it is not
treating all the glyphs the same.
I know it's a fine line, but we've sent black and white copies of
Executor to various folks at Apple (including Michael Spindler after
he took over) and never received a complaint about the B&W Apple. If
they were to request us to change it, we would. However, I do think
that drawing a color Apple is not legit and we work VERY hard to stay
legit.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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