Re: Add button to Finder
Re: Add button to Finder
- Subject: Re: Add button to Finder
- From: John Joyce <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:13:08 -0500
There is nothing wrong with a popup button.
You probably should *not* add buttons to other applications if there is not an API provided to do so for that application.
You definitely should never do so without making it an opt-in situation for the user before adding a button to another application.
If you do this sort of thing anyway, when there is no API provided, at best your functionality will break in the future, at worst your functionality will cause issues with the other application. The end user may not know what the cause is. They will contact the application vendor's support and support costs money.
In short: if there is no API provided, do not attempt to inject functionality into another application because you might frustrate users and cost the application's vendor money.
If you think there should be an API where there is not one, please file a bug requesting it.
On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:03 PM, email@hidden wrote:
> I have a SVN Client that adds a button to the Finder's windows. clicking the button pops up menu of SVN actions.
>
> Is this considered good form?
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> I would like to do something similar, a button with a pop up menu. Good form?
>
> Advice please.
>
> -koko
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