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- From: vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: How to eliminate the SECOND Telix nag screen
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 05:07:27 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- Keywords: Telix Shareware Crippling Screen Telecommunications
-
- Further writes ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi), on the subject of the Telix
- nag screens:
-
- > That is up to the users to decide. If they find such a system
- > useful in a situation like this, then so far so good. If they
- > don't find it useful, then the users just won't use it, and again
- > so good so far.
-
- Certainly, but facts are facts. If a given program DOES something,
- then it does it. If it does NOT, then it does not. Not a matter of
- opinion, but a matter of fact. But I wasn't trying to demean your
- utilities - Popscr and Pushscr may actually be excellent. It's just
- that they can't eliminate the closing nag screen any sooner than
- `cls' will (though they *will* restore the original screen,
- eventually).
-
- Horse beaten to death, end of subject!
-
- > But let's not forget that in the long run the only acceptable
- > method of removing the said screen is registering.
-
- I would rephrase your sentence to say that in the long run (after the
- trial period), the honorable thing to do is to register the program
- IF YOU CONTINUE USING IT, yes. But does that mean that I have to
- tolerate the unmitigated... !pain! of those Telix nag screens,
- flashing at me on-and-off, on-and-off, DURING the 30-day trial
- period? Absolutely not!
-
- The nag screens are obnoxious and offensive. They interfere with
- my testing of the program. They cause me to have a negative attitude
- toward the program and its author. I believe that people trying the
- program out are free to get rid of the nag screens in ANY way they
- can. Including, but not limited to, throwing Telix into the garbage
- can, as I eventually did, for that sole reason.
-
- But here's some remedy:
-
- How To Eliminate the Telix CLOSING Nag Screen Completely
- --------------------------------------------------------
- There is a simple, legal and ethical way to make that closing screen
- disappear: if you set your Telix colors so that the Menu Border and
- the Menu Border Background are the same color, the closing screen
- washes out! If you choose black Menu Border and black Menu Border
- Background, the closing screen will actually become *invisible*, and
- all you'll see is a black screen for 3 seconds, then the DOS prompt
- reappears. (TIMOPLUG: In this case, Prof. Salmi's utilities POPSCR
- and PUSHSCR might come in handy here to restore the original screen
- after 3 the second delay. You're welcome.) Under one possible
- Telix color scheme:
-
- Screen forgrnd - White
- Screen backgnd - Blue
- Screen border - Black
- Menu border - Blue
- Menu border bckgnd - Blue
- Menu forgrnd - Black
- Menu bold - White
- Menu backgnd - Cyan
- Menu bar - Magenta
- Menu selection - Yellow
-
- the closing screen is also unreadable: blue on blue. All you see is
- a blue rectangle for 3 seconds. That's not bad, what the heck. Quite
- legal, too: it's built right into the program }:-)
-
- > No big deal. The important part was to exchange information,
- > which the users may then utilize if they find it relevant. I
- > think this about covers our exchange of views.
-
- Fine. Agreed.
-
- I do have some more information about Telix' serious crippling (the
- Script-Learning function), and how to legally and ethically cure it.
- That will be posted separately.
-
-