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- >>>>> "Raymond" == Data <data@cyberverse.com> writes:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- Cotton has written the code to do that, but you'll never see it. It's
- a matter of copyright violation.
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- 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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