fp & vista

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Brian K. White (Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:19:24 -0500):

> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
[...]
>> It is also my understanding that fullscreen mode has been deprecated by
>> Microsoft, and anything that is actually fully compliant with Vista's
>> requirements will forbid fullscreen mode.
>
> What? What about video players? Can't watch a dvd without window   
> borders, buttons, mouse pointer, taskbar?? don't forget that lovely   
> antivirus updater popup... yeah.

I suppose the term "fullscreen mode" is ambiguous here?

A window which takes up the entire screen, without borders or decorations
is not the "fullscreen mode" we're talking about.

s/fullscreen mode/hardware text mode/g

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Kenneth Brody