Bug 20117: new rc2 sets a backdrop, and preferences for same

Richmond Mathewson richmondmathewson at gmail.com
Wed Jul 19 13:04:12 EDT 2017



On 7/19/17 7:15 pm, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>>   Looking at the PR it was meant to only set the backdrop if users were
>> still in the first run mode of the start center.
>
> Uhm . . . why would anyone think that that would be a *good* thing?   I
> react to my screen being seized as a hostile act.
>
> I didn't even realize that it was livecode that had attached me; initially
> I assumed an OS glitch.
>
> When I saw that my desktop came back when I switched applications, and was
> seized again when livecode resumed, I tried preferences, and didn't see
> anything.
>
> Eventually. I tried view, and found a "backdrop" setting set, and turned
> that off.
>
> I had never heard of backdrop before, and would have had no idea to try to
> deal with it in the message box.

That's funny; that backdrop goes back to at least the Free revMedia thing.

Richmond.
>
> Also, *every* time rc2 launches, it r4ets this preference.
>
> I find the notion that new users need the computer taken away from them
> rather condescending . . .
>
>





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