Re: Checking for user input when busy?

[Jim Schram]

At 9:00 PM -0700 1999/05/20, Richard Bram wrote:
>Well, I don't want to deal with any user-generated events. They either
>have to wait for the slowprocess to finish, or else cancel it. But
>are you saying there are device events I better not throw away?
>(hmm, like maybe low battery warnings, etc.)

You got it.

The OS allows the app first crack at ALL events, but if the event is not intended for 
the app, it MUST pass the event on to the OS. If the app is not ready for the event, 
it MUST leave it in the queue for later processing.

Throwing away events the app isn't yet ready to process or just doesn't feel like 
processing will result in a kind of 'vitamin deficiency' behavior (to be 
anthropomorphic).

Regards,

Jim Schram
3Com/Palm Computing
Partner Engineering