Re: Adding to an applications menu.
Re: Adding to an applications menu.
- Subject: Re: Adding to an applications menu.
- From: Scott Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:02:48 -0500
On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Ben Spink wrote:
Under the Finder's Go, iDisk menu, they want a link to launch an
email with instructions for connecting to the idisk. This would be
handled by Applescript, and I have no issue doing that provided I
can get the app to launch.
The second one is they want the idisk "Connect to:" url copied to
the clipboard. This too I was going to do with applescript,
provided I can get it to launch.
That's it. Launch two different applications, from two separate
menu items.
In programing terms this is what we call a Really Bad Idea(tm). On
the whole it sounds like your client is unfamiliar with the Macintosh
environment and the rules of "good citizenship" within that environment.
Plugging into the Finder (or any other application's menu structure)
without the express support of that application would make it seem as
though the feature were created by the application's author. Doing
such a thing would be disingenuous and rude at best; it bordering on
patently dishonest at worst. Presenting your own application's
features as the work of another company is sure to be a support
nightmare for the other company (in this case, Apple).
As other's have mentioned, the "requirement" cannot be met in a
supported way. Doing it at all would probably require more effort
than the feature itself is worth. Even if the feature could be done,
however, it represents a violation of the Finder's user interface.
I would recommend going back to this client and telling them that this
requirement cannot, and more importantly should not, be done.
Scott
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