Newbie question about image/button relationships

[Judy Perry]

Oh, no, Scott,

I didn't feel that way at all!  My apologies for having inadvertently
suggested that.

I know well that mine is often perhaps 'the idiot's approach' (or rather
the least possible elegant approach), but if a person is *very* new to
such things, I would guess that it's conceptually more approachable to
place a transparent button over the picture of a button that than to do
things like setting inks to noop and some long handler keeping track of
various coordinates (you can gather that the latter has been a particular
bane of mine in dealing with the sidescroller/irregular object collision
detection--I had to have a long phone conversation with Andrew in which he
explained the functions qua stew pot analogy and how to call the bloody
stew pot to see if it was 'done' yet).

You are most correct in noting the beauty of a language that accomodates
everyone from earnest idiot to seasoned professional.

:-)

Judy

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Scott Rossi
wrote:

> another.  Apologies if you felt I was belittling your solution -- my
> intention was to simply to provide an alternate method.
>
> solve a problem.  I, for one, am always eager to hear about the various
> techniques folks use to tackle their projects.  Even after years of use, I
> am still learning different programming techniques.  I believe there is
> value in sharing these varied strategies, and would venture that offering
> several options to solve a problem is just as valid as trying to determine
> what is best for new users' situations.