>By the way, we have a menu item that wipes out an atbat's data (not
>undoable) and we didn't want to assign it a shortcut. They told us to use a
>number as a shortcut but that all menu items must have a shortcut.
We've had this same argument with Palm and personally I think it's a poor
"brute force" application of a rule that's fine *in general*. However, in
this example (which we have in several of our apps as well), it certainly
behooves you, whether or not the menu has a shortcut, to put up a dialog
that says "You are about to delete all your data. Are you sure you want
to do that?". Because actually, it's easier to select something by
accident from the menu itself than by using a shortcut. All it takes is
the slightest misccalibration of the screen (which happens over time or
with temperature changes) and an attempt to tap on one menu item will
actually select another and, if you don't have an intervening warning,
there goes your data.
But those items STILL shouldn't have a shortcut (unless you want platinum
certification :-) )
Steve Patt
President, Stevens Creek Software
http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm
Best PQA ("ePQA"), PalmSource 99
Best Application ("PizzaScan"), Palm Developer's Conference 1998
First printing software for the Palm - September, 1997
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