> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Dawes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> At 09:27 AM 10/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Or am I missing something ... is there some additional processing
> >that you have to do when they tap this "done" button? Is it
> >doing more for you than just bringing up the applications screen?
> >
>
> Yes, you are missing the fact that the applications screen
> may not be the
> one that comes up: The "Launcher" may not be the application
> that launched
> the 2nd "utility" app.
>
> Consider this: You're doing some stock trading, you want to
> buy 146 shares
> of XYZ at $26.375 each, plus $14.95 commission, you want to
> work out how
> much this purchase will leave in your bank acocunt, so you launch the
> calculator _FROM THE STOCK APPLICATION, NOT THE SILK SCREEN_,
Assuming the stock application has set aside the screen space
for a button that says "calculator" (when there is already a
permanent calculator button visible)?
> multiply 146
> * 26.375, add $14.95, subtract the result from your balance and you're
> done. Now, you want to get back to your stock purchase.
>
> Scenario 1: You hit "applications", then you hit the icon for
> application
> you were previously using (if you are lucky and it's actually
> on the screen
> - you may have to navigate a little). Then, if you are again
> lucky and the
> application is a good one it's in the same state as you left
> it, so you
> complete your trade or whatever. If you're unlucky, you have
> to navigate
> through the program to the screen you want, re-enter your
> data and then
> proceed.
>
> Scenario 2: You hit done, and viola, you're back where you were.
How disingenuous: you need the same caveat here that you had
above: if you're lucky and the application is a good one it's
in the same state as you left it, if you're unlucky you have
to navigate through the program to the screen you want, re-enter
your data and then proceed.
This depends upon whether your stock app saves it's state, not
whether you started it from the launcher or from the mythical
"done" button.
... and again, there is a hack out there called "SwitchHack"
that implements a one-stroke "return to previous app" (whether
it launched the one you are in now or not). And it works
for -every- app, not just those that implement this "done"
button.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
