Re: -NSView setHidden: in 10.2
Re: -NSView setHidden: in 10.2
- Subject: Re: -NSView setHidden: in 10.2
- From: m <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:09:09 -0700
On Sep 20, 2004, at 7:45 AM, Ondra Cada wrote:
There was a reason, by the way: in NeXTStep, hiding views was
considered a pretty bad UI design: if something does not work in
current circumstances, it should be disabled, not hidden. The user
should see the complete UI. OTOH, if something in some circumstances
does not make sense at all, it belongs into another tab or into
another window. Myself, I can't help it, but the adage still sounds
reasonably to me.
It is reasonable. Willy nilly hiding things makes an app harder to
learn. Remember Micorsoft Word's short menus/long menus fiasco?
That said, not every view is a thing to be manipulated. For example,
progress indicators and status texts, icons next to controls that warn
you that something needs attention. These things can (should) be hidden
when they don't apply, without being considered "bad UI".
_murat
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