I've been a "leave the user's monitor alone fer chrissakes" person, too, but I have come to learn that there is a time for if-then-else and a time for case,
a time for strings and a time for symbols,
a time for And/Or and a time for bitxor,
a time for cross-platform and a time for using those activeX components for your kiosk to talk to the camera,
a time for good solid architecture and a time to fix what's broken without screwing with the code that's there,
a time to use good variable names and a time to do a string-replace on all the valiables with "l0O11lO"-type strings to obfuscate your code for a client who you're worried about paying you,
a time to leave the user's monitor alone, and a time to change it because the client has requested that this sales CD reset the 50 person sales team's custom-build laptops.
I fully support those people with the energy to try to encourage good, thoughtful media development procedures, and yet I realize that one size doesn't fit all. That your process for developing a <500K shockwave game SHOULD be different than a CDROM encyclopedia, a kiosk, a sales presentation.
So, please, give guidance, especially in the vacuum that is "how do I do X", but also, give answers. I'm much more likely to listen to someone who can explain how to do something than I am to someone questioning the basis of the task in question without any reason to trust their judgement.
roymeo
At 12:51 PM 9/17/2004, you wrote:
Greg:
Really a bad idea to start switching monitor resolutions - is there a specific reason for this?
Ross
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