On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Hello Michael and All;
>
> I have located the focus of the problem I experienced with egghead.com going
> to fullscreen mode (by itself) a few seconds after loading starts.
> It can be seen even when reloading the site from cache.
>
> This problem occurs ONLY in standard VGA mode (640x480) and only when you
> select VGA 640x480 16 colors or 640x480 grayscale in setup.
> Any other 640x480 mode is OK. This must be why I also saw it in EGA.
> Probably, if setup recognizes your Video adapter, you will be allright.
This is strange, but I can test it myself of course.
> To check into possible reasons why no one else saw this problem I borrowed a
> HiRes monitor again and loaded egghead.
>
> This gave me a chance to examine the 800x600 and 1024x768 screens and I must
> say I certainly prefer the 640x480 - without the toolbar.
> I don't much like all that clutter - but, whatever turns your crank.<g>
I wrote the toolbar mainly for myself, because I like mouse interface
myself.
> I also discovered that 640x480 has a function that is not available in other
> resolutions. <G> There is NO fullscreen mode in the higher resolutions !!
It is there, but it is not reachable by F5. You have to hit "*" instead. *
key is even in 640x480, but the need for fullscreen mode is lower in hi
resolution modes, so there is no need to include fullscreen in F5 mode
cycling.
BTW, I have already fixed the "no mouse driver" bug. It was really my
fault, and it took me some time to find it. It will be fixed in beta 2,
and beta 2 should be released this week, BTW
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