On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 17:06:14 +0100, "Kuth, Joachim Dr." said: > I am not interested in religious wars about the best UI style. > *Please* accept that *I* want to disable shadow for *my* application, > and users will complain to *me* if they do not like the UI - but this will > again be *my* problem - not yours. > So *please* stop proselytising me. I wasn't proselytising. I'm just tired of coming across apps that do stupid things in their UI because their creator had little to no knowledge of why most UIs have certain features... > If you really want to know the reason for disabling shadows: > IMHO, a widget can be insensitive for more than one reason. > But there is only one insensitive state, so I have > to do the markup myself (e.g. by color) if I want to show the reason to the > user. See? That's different.. Any of you others on the list have a good idea for Joachim on "how to indicate different insensitive states" (which is different from *disabling* the indication - you are looking to give the user MORE feedback, not less....) -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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