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
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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
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