-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: app closeing
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Dawes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>
>> Don't you think it's OK to 'exit' back to whatever was
>> happening before,
>> even if you didn't get an error?
>
>I suppose ... although I don't see much point
>to it given the PDA paradigm. There are no endings,
>there are only new beginnings. <g>
>
>
ahahhaha
>> Maybe it's up to the developer and his/her users. If they
>> want a "DONE"
>> button, fine - except the developer must realize that it
>> doesn't really
>> mean 'QUIT', it means "Go back to whatever the user was doing before".
>
>But why "quit" at all? All it really does (considering the
>user's ability to start another app at any time) is waste
>valuable screen space on a button you don't need.
to make an app somewhat simpler for usage, after exiting anything the user
is doing in an application, it would be very user friendly to see a done
button instead of having to know they must launch another app (even if it is
the applications program). in my situation it isn't a waste of screen space
because the only screen they exit from is a screen that gives them a choice
to log on (using the barcode scanner). when they logoff and get placed in
that screen having a done button to return to the launcher is very user
friendly. (pardon any reduntent repetiutious speak, just go in the morning
and not finished my coffee).
>
>> After all, you can launch one app from another app, and
>> having a "quit"
>> does let you go back to whatever launched the 2nd app.
>
>Actually, I think the normal occurrance of actually terminating
>your app is to return to the launcher, not what you were doing
>before ... somebody may correct me on this.
>
>>
>> Don't you get annoyed at having to re-launch things just
>> because you ran a
>> calculator or something to get an interim value or to check
>> on something?
>
>
>That's what SwitchHack is for.
>
>Take a look, it does for every app what you want to implement
>on an app-by-app basis.
>
>--
>-Richard M. Hartman
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
>
