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- From: Alec Carlson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 14:37:50 -0500
Llama,
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... In any case, your app SHOULD
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NOT INTERRUPT HER because she is not running your app, I am.
You are EXACTLY right. However, in order for my app to make that decision,
it needs to determine that she (and not you) is currently using the Mac and
therefore not interrupt her. That is exactly the API I'm looking for.
Without that information, you both look like the same user. If she logs you
out and then logs herself in it's not a problem. However, if she leaves you
logged in and fast switches to her account then I can't tell the difference
between the 2 different users... Hence the gist of of question.
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I'm not talking technical details here, this is just how the UI should work.
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When my wife logs out, Word doesn't ask her if she wants to save my documents.
True, but that's only because there would be 2 copies of Word running (hers
and yours) in two different user processes. However, if there was a single
'shared' copy of Word running in a single process, then Word would have the
same problem. It could not tell your wife's edits from your edits in which
case it would ask her if she wanted to save your documents.
Alec
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Subject: Re: Fast User Switching in Panther...
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To: Alec Carlson <email@hidden>
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From: The Amazing Llama <email@hidden>
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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:54:23 -0700
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Here's the scenario:
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I log in and your background app runs in the background. I know it's running
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because I installed it.
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My wife logs into my machine and checks her email, plays 'The Sims' or watches
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a movie. Or maybe she's just using the Finder. In any case, your app SHOULD
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NOT INTERRUPT HER because she is not running your app, I am.
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If you make the app a deamon running in the background the story changes, but
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as long as it's something UserA is running, UserB shouldn't see it.
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I'm not talking technical details here, this is just how the UI should work.
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When my wife logs out, Word doesn't ask her if she wants to save my documents.
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