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- From: khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com (K. Hollis)
- Subject: Re: LTMF and dialog standards?
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 22:27:25 +0000 (GMT)
- In-Reply-To: <2e00ec1e3b1ea@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> from "Michel Forget" at Jun 16, 94 12:15:54 pm
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- Michel Forget:
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- > I like this idea; I have a further suggestion, though. How about making
- > the icon selectable, and displaying some general information about the
- > GEM-List standard when it is clicked on? For example, the program could
- > bring up a dialog box with the following text (or some much better written
- > text):
-
- The only way this would happen is if the programmer does this himself.
- It would be easier just to have the information in the main program
- documentation, sort of like a GNU Public License.
-
- > "The GEM-List Standard was approved by a group of XXX developers, on
- > XX/XX/XX. It embodies the..." [provide some interesting trivia about
- > the GEM-List here).
-
- Why describe when it was created? Just explain what the standards are, and
- which level your program complies to? Why not make things *SIMPLE*? This
- was the way that things were MEANT to be, right?
-
- > The main point of this idea is so that users find out a little more about
- > the GEM-List and understand why the programmer chose to support it instead
- > of the Atari standard. Good idea, bad idea?
-
- Good idea, but make it simple. Follow the KISS method: Keep It Simple,
- Stupid! :) (You'll find that I use alot of KISS stuff in LTMF... Which
- is probably why it's so incompatible with MultiTOS... :)
-
- -- Ken (Bitgate Software)
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