Hello Bryan

On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:

> Because apps like Safari decide how much information that they can show at 
> once based on the current display resolution. The Mac determines the 
> available screen resolutions by determining the type of monitor that is 
> connected. When no monitor is connected, no screen resolution is defined, and 
> so any program that depends on screen resolution will go wacko, as it thinks 
> you have a screen with size 0. Can't fit a lot of information on a screen 
> with size 0. Most programmers never test for that situation, because they 
> can't test without some sort of monitor connected. Apple could fix Safari, 
> but that's just one program among many that will go bonkers with a size 0 
> screen.
> 
You are absolutely correct.  I thought that Apple could just implement a dummy 
video driver that one could set their own parameters.  Do you see any reason 
why this wouldn't work?

--FC

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