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From: dfitzwat@pnet51.cts.com (Don Fitzwater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: How do I reliably set the userLevel of a stack ?
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Date: 9 Aug 89 02:45:57 GMT
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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!).


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