> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel McCarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Richard Hartman wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel McCarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >
> > > One thing I've never understood is that the DA/App launcher is
> > > a HackMaster hack itself. So why would it be necessary to write a
> > > plug-in for a hack when you can just write the hack to begin with?
> > >
> >
> > Best as I can understand, Hacks don't tend
> > to have UIs, they intercept OS vectors and
> > do their thing "behind the scenes" as it
> > were. DAs are little apps w/ UIs that you
> > might want to run w/o leaving the current
> > app.
>
> But I could easily create a hack that displays some sort
> of UI on the screen, like free memory. Wouldn't doing this
> in a DA be another step to perform the same task?
>
AFAIK you -could- create a UI for an Hack ... there is
one that has one ... AppHack if I recall correctly.
Yet, it's still a different class of utility. Hacks
are essentially OS enhancments (even the one that had
a UI served that purpose) while DAs are little "applets"
that don't necessarily deserve or require their own "full"
app.
As for it being an extra step, I would imagine that it's
actually -less- work to create a DA, since the launching
framework is taken care of for you.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
