Re: My GWorkspace feature request

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

On 23.06.2003 19:52:48 MJ Ray wrote:
>Ian Jones <ia_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> My personal view on this is that I see absolutely no harm in contextual
>> menus at all, as long as the options they provide are available by
>> other means. They provide an intuitive shortcut for those who know
>> that they exist, novice users and the people who don't know or don't
>> care if they are there aren't losing out on anything.
>
>Please see my recent message in reply to the claim that developers would
>follow UIG.  Also remember that "intuitive" is a value-free adjective in
>user interfaces: what is intuitive is what you know.  We still shouldn't
>implement others' mistakes.

Well, you won't be able to force a "bad" developer to develop "good" 
applications. Also not by restrictim him. 

Let the market decide the cause. That's the way that worked always on the 
Mac: Bad behaving, even ugly looking Application get no audience. This 
force is stronger than any codewise "restriction".

greetings, Lars