> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Ebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 3.5 BUG - Launcher forgets app's category when loading in
> POSE
>
>
> At 3:27 PM +0100 5-01-00, Daniel McCarty wrote:
> > It sounds to me like it would be much more useful from the
> >corporate side than from a single-developer end of things.
>
> Exactly!
>
> What Jesse didn't mention is our guideline for using this new
> feature. We
> added this because there are a few cases where it's a really
> good thing to
> do, and it seemed like an important capability. We expect
> that the vast
> majority of apps will NOT specify a default category.
>
> To clarify:
>
> You should probably use a default category if your app goes
> in one of the
> built in categories. e.g. Games.
>
> You should probably use a default category if/when a whole
> bunch of people
> agree that there should be a common category for these
> things. "Docs" or
> "Hacks" might be good examples where more discussion is required.
>
> You should definitely NOT use a default category just to get
> your name in
> lights. That is, don't do what every Windoze developer does
> and create a
> new 'start' menu category with your company name. That's
> both gratuitous
> and annoying. Instead, just let your app go in unfiled. (If you're
> excited about seeing your name in lights, create a really
> whizzy splash
> screen or about box instead.)
>
> If you're doing some kind of vertical market app, or creating
> a whole suite
> of custom apps that go together for a custom solution, then you might
> consider creating a custom category.
>
> If you're doing a turn-key solution for an industry and need absolute
> control over the apps on the device and want to make it easy to take a
> device out of the box and turn it into one of 'your' devices,
> then custom
> categories might help.
>
> --Bob
>
> P.S. Yes, this does sound a lot like a Newton feature. And
> I'm sure it
> will be abused occasionally, just like it was on the Newton.
> <sigh> We'll
> have to use peer pressure and public ridicule to stop this.
>
>
>
Why not give the user the option to stop this himself?
If you're doing a turn-key solution, you've got control
over that option too -- you own the box so you set the
options -- so it wouldn't hurt in that instance.
All of your other cases would seem to benefit from user
choice to opt in or out.
PLEASE consider this carefully.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
