[interfacekit] Re: server part of BDirectWindow

Hi Rudolf,

> When you start on DirectWindow, you probably need to talk to the 
> app_server guys about cursor stuff at some point. DW said in a 
> newsletter on the obos site he is not planning to use hardcursors in 
> graphicscard anymore, because he wants 32bit color cursors.

Hm, this is bad, IMHO. But already in R1 ?
I'm not the app_server guy nor a graphic expert, but don't softcursors flicker ?


> 
> With the current setup, this will also disable BDirectWindow windowed 
> mode use in all versions of beos, as hardcursor support is needed for 
> that: otherwise in an app's windowed DirectWindow this app would need 
> to think about the cursor, which currently, thanks to hardcursors is 
> not needed.

Yeah, this is another good reason against softcursor, that would also make 
BDirectWindow useless, in fact, it's useful only in windowed mode. In 
fullscreen mode, BWindowScreen is much faster and simpler to use.

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