Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:23797 comp.sys.mac.programmer:3473 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!husc6!lloyd!kent From: kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Disabled Menu Items -- Cons and Pros Message-ID: <280@lloyd.camex.uucp> Date: 9 Dec 88 03:54:31 GMT References: <7743@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <6000@hoptoad.uucp> <6001@hoptoad.uucp> <6004@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA Lines: 27 [discussion about wanting to make choices from _disabled_ menu items]You mean you want the machine that tries to elimate modes to have 2 modes for every single disablable menu item?? Does that mean that the disabled item should blink 3 times too?, or do you just leave it to the user to be confused enough without the confirming blinks? Applications should be well enough designed that the user is not confused with disabled menu items. If the user _is_ confused, then it is the fault of the application's user interface design. Don't ask to fix bad programs by breaking the larger interface. There is room for improvement in the Macintosh user interface, but that doesn't mean that every gripe should get the first kludge you can think of applied to it. Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or hscfvax!lloyd!uucp