Re: visual effects in rects, revisited

[Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa]

Richard Gaskin wrote:

This sounds similar to the "Movie in a Window" (MIAW) feature in
Director.

> Before I run off and start redesigning apps to use this "multiple frame"
> effect, can anyone think of a downside to this approach?  Thus far I've
> only tested it on Windows, but there it looks like a great solution to
> many design problems where having true windows panes would be a godsend.

The big downside would be if it was an undocumented feature, or actually
unintended behavior -- later versions might do away with it
inadventently in engine rebuilds.

If that happened, of course, well...

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