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Re: PDFServices (was Re: Printing changes in 10.2.4)

> These controls are NOT shared among multiple applications NOR...

Print panels not shared among multiple applications? I see pretty much
the same one in every native app I print from. :-)

I'm not sure the reason for the second restriction, but I agree with you
on that one. I also believe asthetically that a pop-down would look funny.

From a (manic-) consistency point of view, its kinda funny that one kind
of button, the bevel button, supports a pop-up menu, but the other kind,
the push button, doesn't.

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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:11:45 -0500, Leonard Rosenthol
<email@hidden> said:

>At 7:34 PM +0100 2/19/03, Manfred Schubert wrote:
>>> Because a text-based popup menu is NEVER to be used for
>>>actions/commands, as this one is. An icon-based popup is the
>>>correct UI element to use.
>>
>>That's not quite true.
>
> It IS quite true...
>
>
>>The right control for this purpose is called "command pop down menu button".
>>
>>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/AquaHIGuidelines/
>AHIGControls/chapter_7_section_6.html
>
> Read the second sentence on that page:
>"Use of this control is limited to cases where the window is shared
>among multiple applications and the menu contains commands that
>affect the window's contents. "
>
> These controls are NOT shared among multiple applications NOR
>do they affect the windows's content. Therefore, it would be quite
>inappropriate to use for this purpose.
>
>
>>If you prefer icon buttons, at least label them.
>
> That, however, would be a reasonable thing to do - esp. for Preview.
>
>
>Leonard
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