Re: 1.7.151: a small bugreport.
Martin DiViaio (martindiviaio@erols.com)
Sat, 06 Nov 1999 09:08:35 -0500
I agree with the people who think AS should use as few resources as
possible. So I think option B on that note alone is the best idea.
--- BUT ---
I have one question about option B: Wouldn't this option cause problems
with programs that keep track of their geometry on their own and can use
different gemoetries? (i.e. Netscape)
Sasha_Vasko@osca.state.mo.us wrote:
>
> Now there are two directions in which we could go from here:
> a) bring back double reparenting - safe but ugly way
> b) get rid of frame window altogether, have titlebar and sidebar to be
> children of the root window.
>
> Now I'd like to ask for opinions of community here. Here are Pros and Cons
> of both approaches:
> a) Cons: Higher resource usage, more complicated and slower code.
> Pros: 100% compatibility with older versions of AS.
> b) Cons: it will not be possible to surround whole frame with the border -
> BorderWidth setting of database will be applyed only for app window border -
> all the frame decorations will be excluded from it; Implementation will take
> programming
> effort, but I'll go for it.;
> Pros: smaller resource utilization, faster moving/resizing ( maybe
> unnoticeble :) ;
> makes possible future expansion in direction of titlebars being
> smaller/bigger then window size,
> and titlebars placed anywhere.
>
> I don't want to make decision myself so I'll be looking for responces:)
> Maybe one of our disappeared gurus will comment on it also ?
>
> >Frank R Larsen,
>
> Sasha
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