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Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?
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Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?


  • Subject: Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:21:21 -0400

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Chris Hanson <email@hidden> wrote:
> And instead of checking network connectivity, your application should just
> try to use the network and fail gracefully when it's not available. After
> all, it could go away between when you check and actually start using it, or
> while you're using it - at that point, what does checking get you?

Avoidance of a timeout, perhaps?  Checking reachability might spare
your user a 5 to 10 second "trying to contact server" spinning
progress indicator.  That 5 to 10 seconds could instead be spent
smacking oneself for forgetting to turn on AirPort.

--Kyle Sluder
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