It's unlikely they'll actually share the same screen space (though I admit having other apps being able to bring up dialogs, etc, would be great) but we'll have some way of hotkeying between running apps (much like alt-tab on windows).

Couldn't you theoretically create some kind of API or pseudo-API where the third-party app put its stuff into its own little frame buffer with some window coordinates, but you handled the blitting of that window into your frame buffer?

Nah, nevermind. Next thing you know we'll be asking you to port DirectDraw to the Empeg, and nobody wants that.

Toby's joining empeg next month, working on visuals and UI

Congratulations to both Toby and Empeg. Definintely a mutually-beneficial arrangement.

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Tony Fabris