Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!bigtex!pmafire!geoff From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: How do I reliably set the userLevel of a stack ? Message-ID: <709@pmafire.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 16:31:31 GMT References: <835@orbit.UUCP> Reply-To: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Organization: WINCO, INEL, Idaho Lines: 28 In article <835@orbit.UUCP> dfitzwat@pnet51.cts.com (Don Fitzwater) writes: >Interesting. >Danny Goodman makes a valid point re: HC and the interface guidelines, when he >suggests that, indeed, sometimes you MUST hide the menu bar when the commands >that are displayed have nothing to do with your stack's operation. It is far >more confusing to a user to see a menu item that he or she can pick that does >nothing. Remeber that (ideally) you are designing your stack for an end user >that you have no idea of how HyperCard literate (or Mac literate for that >matter) they are. I think messing with the userlevel is naughty and would >rather see the menubar hidden than have the stack set my userlevel to 2 or 3 >(or 1 goodness sakes!). I agree! I'm currently building a stack for *myself*, and I'm hiding the menubar, so it won't be in the way. For my application, nothing on the menubar is really needed, and I like the extra space and 'slicker' look of the screen without a menubar. Plus, if the user really wants the menubar, he (or she) can just type-m (to show the message box) and type 'show menubar.' Count this as another vote for hiding the menubar and leaving the userlevel alone. -- Geoff Allen - WINCO Computer Process Engineering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...{uunet|bigtex}!pmafire!geoff | Disclaimer: WINCO doesn't believe in Macs, ...ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff | so of course these are my own views.