How to Disable the Preference and About Box Items

Eric Chatonet eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com
Fri Dec 2 09:29:01 EST 2005


Hi Richard,

Le 2 déc. 05 à 15:22, Richard Gaskin a écrit :

> For 96% of computer users (Win, Linux, UNIX, Mac Classic), the HIGs  
> suggest placing the "Preferences" item at the bottom of the Edit  
> menu. That's where Rev expects it to be, so for most users that  
> item never moves at all.
>
> The "About" item works similarly:  On 93% of computers (Win, Linux,  
> UNIX) the "About" item is at the bottom of the Help menu.  Since  
> Mac is the minority on this one, the Rev engine expects to find the  
> About item in the customary-for-the-rest-of-the-world place and  
> moves it to the Apple menu on Classic, and the Application menu on  
> OS X.

Then, Classic should be used by 3% of Rev users...
Your accuracy is amazing :-)
Seriously I fully agree.

> Fortunately the current method works well and they have bigger fish  
> to fry, so they're safe from my wrath and I can spend the airfare  
> going to Malta next November for the Euro Rev Con instead, where  
> rather than fisticuffs we'll merely share some good Italian wine.

What a good idea!

Best Regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.
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