On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:06 PM, G S wrote: >> Welcome to the modern Mac platform where the frameworks try to ensure a >> coherent user experience, especially for basic controls. > > How is this behavior "coherent"? >
> And "modern"? You're kidding, right? The controls are what they are and should be used as intended. The pop-up behavior for menus suggests selection. Pull-down suggests commands. The simple positioning of the menu really does communicate intent. If you want your app to actually feel and act like a Mac app, I suggest you not try to change the behavior of a popup to replicate a "drop-down list" from another OS, simply because the menu would cover up a control that by definition would be currently unusable. Regardless of what control behavior you think is better, consistency within a platform is more important than consistency across platforms. > Also, nothing > indicates to the developer why the data-handling behavior of the > control has changed simply because he chose an "up" or "down" style of > opening. You're correct. A sentence or two in the documentation would clear this up. -- Seth Willits _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
