ml10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael A. Libes) (03/07/90)
Tired of watching the Moire pattern, fireworks? Don't want to spend $35
for a screen saver.
Darkness is a new idea in screen savers. It is a background-only
Multifinder program, not an INIT or CDEV. It is compatible with all
programs which are "Multifinder aware."
Darkness is also extendible. Anyone with a little Mac programming
experience can use the included source code to create whatever pattern
he wishes. My favorite is pitch black, but there are other "Blackouts"
included.
Darkness has recently appeared on mac.binaries. It is cheap Shareware,
so download it, try it out, and give it to all your friends.
- Luniharlan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Pete Harlan) (03/07/90)
ml10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael A. Libes) writes: |Darkness is a new idea in screen savers. It is a background-only |Multifinder program, not an INIT or CDEV. It is compatible with all |programs which are "Multifinder aware." But not compatable with MultiFinder itself -- perhaps it is MultiFinder's fault, but you can't switch applications by clicking in the small icon in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen when using Darkness. If this is a problem for you, then don't bother with Darkness. Too bad, because except for that I could really get into programming my own screens. (The docs complain about inits/cdevs conflicting, but perhaps if it _were_ a cdev all its irritating problems would disappear? My cdevs don't give me any problems...) Pete Harlan harlan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) (03/07/90)
In article <QZx5D=u00WBK82tYNT@andrew.cmu.edu> ml10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael A. Libes) writes: >Tired of watching the Moire pattern, fireworks? Don't want to spend $35 >for a screen saver? Pyro! 4.0 is $22 at MacConnection. If you already own Pyro!, you can upgrade to 4.0 for $15 or you can switch to After Dark 1.1 for the same price. See MacWEEK 6 March 1990, page 10, "Berkeley Systems woos Pyro! owners." If you don't get MacWEEK, call Berkeley at 415-540-5535 to ask about switching. >Darkness is a new idea in screen savers. It is a background-only >Multifinder program, not an INIT or CDEV. It is compatible with all >programs which are "Multifinder aware." >Darkness is also extendible. Anyone with a little Mac programming >experience can use the included source code to create whatever pattern >he wishes. My favorite is pitch black, but there are other "Blackouts" >included. Pyro! 4.0 and After Dark are also extensible. Time to revive that old Dali Clock... -- Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142 One of the flaws in the anarchic bopper society was the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
rterry@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Ray Terry) (03/08/90)
>|Darkness is a new idea in screen savers. It is a background-only >|Multifinder program, not an INIT or CDEV. It is compatible with all >|programs which are "Multifinder aware." > >But not compatable with MultiFinder itself -- perhaps it is >MultiFinder's fault, but you can't switch applications by clicking in >the small icon in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen when using >Darkness. If this is a problem for you, then don't bother with >Darkness. Yes, I noticed that, too. Darkness seems to kill On Cue's keyboardswitching (between apps). Ray