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  2. From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: App(Icon|Window) and Style Guide.
  5. Message-ID: <8777@orbit.cts.com>
  6. Date: 14 Dec 92 03:45:05 GMT
  7. Sender: news@orbit.cts.com
  8. Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.
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  11. heinz@edohwg.adsp.sub.org (Heinz Wrobel) writes:
  12. >In article <8765@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
  13. >>Why doesn't the style guide define visual feedback for Appicons and
  14. >>Appwindows?  How do you know they are there?  How do you distinguish them from
  15. >>normal windows and normal icons?
  16. >
  17. >You shouldn't. ;-) They should behave like any other WB window/icon. That's
  18. >the idea.
  19.  
  20. But it doesn't.  AppWindows and AppIcons have features that normal windows and
  21. icons don't.  As such, there is no way to know these features exhist without
  22. reading the documentation.
  23.  
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