I do want your answers, asked for them politely and got a most helpful one almost immediately from Mike Abdullah, whom I respectfully thanked for his help. What I don't want is people jumping to conclusions, calling me names and telling me I'm "breaking consistency in a very severe manner" when my intention is quite the opposite: to maintain consistency and provide an intuitive user interface that makes perfect sense within its overall design.
If you were concerned about my reasons you could have simply asked me for them, instead of ranting about just how bad a citizen "this guy" is. I don't naturally assume members of the list have the time nor patience to read through lengthy explanations before getting to the bottom line, but if someone expresses his or her interest I'm more than happy to elaborate on the subject. On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Michael Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, I don't think we're "way" off-topic. You wanted to know how to do > something that breaks consistency in a very severe manner, and a couple of > us warned you against it. > > If you don't want our answers, don't ask us. This list often advises people > on not breaking UI consistencies, and expecting anyone not to question your > motives and express their opinions on what you're trying to do is quite > naive. We are not robots, and if someone sees a better answer that addresses > the higher-level goal instead of the specific question, you're very likely > to see that answer voiced. > > If you have such good reasons for doing this that you feel it's appropriate > to lecture list members and tell us how to reply to you, by all means, tell > us what those reasons are. Otherwise, don't get huffy when you don't get > what you want. > > -- > m-s > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/slasktrattenator%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
