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RE: Quit menu item undimming itself?!
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RE: Quit menu item undimming itself?!


  • Subject: RE: Quit menu item undimming itself?!
  • From: "Christopher Hickman" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:51:42 -0400

>Because we're in the middle of an operation, and quitting would leave
>files in an incomplete, corrupted state. There is a dialog up with a
>cancel button; the user can click Cancel to stop the operation in a
>graceful way.
>
>Questioning my design isn't really an appropriate response here.

It is if your design is bad human interface and would make your application
anti-Mac.  The Quit menu item should always be available, and should display
a friendly error that explains why quitting now would be bad and provide an
option to cancel the operation gracefully and quit or to cancel the quit.

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