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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