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Re: on blocking target applications' GUIs (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
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Re: on blocking target applications' GUIs (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)


  • Subject: Re: on blocking target applications' GUIs (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
  • From: "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:52:58 +0000

Chris Page wrote on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:37:09 -0800:

>This is one reason I think nearly all applications should have a
>Script menu. So that users are inclined to run the script from within
>the application, and it will naturally prevent them from interacting
>with that application while the script is running. This also gives the
>user a predictable way to stop the script, instead of having to bring
>an applet to the front to stop it.

I for one always ignore Script menus in applications. If I'm thinking
about "running a script", I want to go directly to the familiar "Script
Menu" menu and not have to bother about there being another "Scripts"
menu in the application itself. It's also convenient to have all one's
useful scripts in the Library/Scripts/ hierarchy and not in various
locations chosen by application developers.


NG

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