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Buddabing:
I think you're looking for a front end that is still under active development, so that you can contact the author with your questions.
I looked at the wiki and the following front end applications are under active development:
Atomic
Dragon King
Fronty
GameEx
MaLa
Maximus
MAME32
MAMEWah
Wah!Cade
Of these, GameEx and Maximus are not totally free. Fronty and MAME32 don't support videos. DK, MAMEWah, and Wah!Cade don't have a built in jukebox function, at least AFAIK.
That leaves, drum roll, Atomic and MaLa.
By reading the wiki you could have found all that out and you would have had more time to spend evaluating the two front ends before your party.
headkaze:
--- Quote from: eyal8r on May 05, 2007, 06:19:02 pm ---Ahhh, you're correct, except that I used to post under a different user name. I don't want this to get into any kind of war here, either. It was a while ago, and I said I was open that things have changed since then. I'd like to keep this thread on topic, as well. Is there a way to lock GamEx down a little better so that they cannot jump it out of the environment, or, access options and whatnot? Does it now save the favorites list permanently?
Thanks
--- End quote ---
No war mate, I just wanted to know your reasons for saying the GameEx forums wern't friendly. It's a comment that goes against my experience on there. But nevermind, lets get back on topic...
You could try having a look at Instant Sheller that effectively hides XP from the user. Other than that, if you do decide to try GameEx again make sure you download the latest version. I'm not sure of any front ends that block alt-tab and keys like that. I'm wondering how your users are getting out of the FE in the first place if you have a CP which usually doesn't have tab mapped to any button. Do you have tab mapped to anything?
eyal8r:
Headkaze- that's a great question. I'll boot her up and check it out... And you're right, maybe unfriendly was the wrong word to use there. Let's just drop that whole thing...
And I did read the wiki- but I guess I'm looking for a personal testimonial as to someone's experiences with them. I think it was Atomic that said it was designed to be used in a real arcade cab- so that gives some assurance that it's designed for 'other' users. I'm even ok paying $25 for the thing- but I want to make sure it does what I want it to- and my past experiences have left me, well, disappointed. I'll check it out again and see if I have any other problems.
Anyone else have insights on Atomic & MameWah in regards to my questions about usage?
Thanks guys...
headkaze:
Atomic was designed to be used in a real arcade cab? What FE isn't designed to be used in a real arcade cab? I have a real arcade cab, and I have friends come over and it doesn't crash or go to the desktop. The only time it crashes is when they try to play a game in an emulator that isn't working properly and it crashes. But that is not GameEx crashing.
Again the personal testimonials you will get are from users of different FE's. Those FE's work for them, so you will hear their testimonial about it. It dosn't really help you find what you want to know. Which is why more often than not people will start yelling "wiki" at you. It's like saying Ubuntu is better than Windows. People get a bit sick of hearing about it.
Anyway, my point is it may not even be the FE that is your problem. There are apps out there than can block Alt-Tab, Alt-Esc and Ctrl-Esc which are the main culprits for losing focus of your application. Try pressing these keys in Windows and you will see how you can move focus away from your current window.
Howard_Casto:
Actually the best solution to that problem is to remove the alt key from your cab. I dunno how many times I've said it, but mame's default controls were derived from Doom/Wolfenstein, in a time when games (and mame) were ran in dos and thus alt didn't cause any focus problems. Removing the alt key form your layout will remvoe 99.9% of your focus issues.
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