The Old New Thing

October 12, 2005 - The Old New Thing

Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal A travel tips

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05
Raymond Chen
The line for going through the security checkpoint at Terminal A of Newark Liberty International Airport splits into three lines after you get through the ID check. When you get to the decision point, they all look the same, but don't be fooled. ID / 3 ----------------------------------X >>>...

Thread affinity of user interface objects, part 3: Menus, icons, cursors, and accelerator tables

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05
Raymond Chen
The remaining user interface objects in common use are menus, icons, cursors, and accelerator tables. Menus do not have thread affinity. Any thread can use a menu. However, if two threads use a menu, it is the responsibility of those threads to coordinate among themselves how that menu will be used, so that one thread doesn't modify a menu ...