Re: Card Basics

1999-08-30 Thread Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa
Kevin Miller wrote: Actually, we've found that most people have 800x600x256 colors now. Yes, however I suspect you'd find different numbers for American public schools, some of which are still running Win3.1. (The state of tech in the classrooms in this country is unconscionable.) Thus when

Re: Card Basics

1999-08-29 Thread Kevin Miller
On Thursday, Aug 26 1999, "Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa" wrote: 1. What is the ideal size for the card? If old color Macs are not in the running, 640 by 480 pixels is the *maximum* safe area. If old color macs *are* in the running, 512 by 384 is as big as you can safely get. Those

Re: Card Basics

1999-08-26 Thread Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa
James: I've xplatted piles of apps in Director; the principles asked about here apply... The number one rule is port early, port often. Test it out. Try your stacks on different machines through the course of the development cycle to make sure all is happening as it should. 1. What is the

Re: Card Basics

1999-08-26 Thread Karl Becker
I've xplatted piles of apps in Director; the principles asked about here apply... Cheers to all the suggestions given. Just one thing: 3. Is it possible to deploy a stand alone application on a 3.5" floppy? If you're going to be making this a cross-platform project, put it on CD. All