This morning one could find the following announcement at the top of a blog names in Wizbang's Compromised Weblog Awards:
"...in the 2003 Weblog Awards category Best New Blog. Head on over and check out the entrants, find some favorites for further reading, and vote. This process is going on all week and you can vote every 12 hours."Over at Wizbang there's lots of folks that think this little "technical feature" isn't "cheating." I don't know what civics class they took in elementary school, nor their opinion on the Florida voting in the 2000 Presidential elections, but it seems clear they must be of the ilk that proclaims "eating ain't cheating" as well. If I were their significant others, I'd be very disappointed. Posted by Vanderleun at December 8, 2003 8:42 AM
We're not electing the next leader of the free world here. Lighten up, sour grapes.
Posted by: Ebenezer McGehee at December 8, 2003 12:17 PMNot at all. Just a small amount of cheating in a small sphere. The point is not the size but the amount of self-willed blindness.
Posted by: Gerard Van der Leun at December 8, 2003 12:28 PMGet over yourself!
The rules are (and it is clearly stated in KEVIN's rules on KEVIN's site) that you can vote every 12 hours.
Stop being such a whiny baby.
Adopt Sheets. I really like the use of Sheets in OS X. The use of Sheets lets me know which window my dialogue belongs to without hijacking my system.
Posted by: Edith at January 12, 2004 4:58 PMIn building your amazing Aqua application, one of the most important things to consider is the Dock. There are three things your app needs to be "Dock Compliant." Now, I write this knowing that the Dock will be going through some major changes soon, but for the most part, these should still hold true.
Posted by: Christian at January 12, 2004 4:58 PMFor example, if you see an AIM window peeking out from behind your browser and you click on it, that window will come to the front, but the main application window will not. The Mail.app/Activity Viewer is another example. The Aqua system of layers works well in many instances, but not in all. Thank goodness that the Dock is always there to come to the rescue. I know that clicking on an application icon in the Dock will always result in not only the application coming to the front, but also any non-minimized windows associated with it. And if the application is active but no windows are open, clicking on the Dock icon should create a new window in that application.
Posted by: Geoffrey at January 12, 2004 4:58 PMAdhere to File Locations. Make sure that when your users save documents, your application knows where to put them and also gives users flexibility.
Posted by: Dionise at January 12, 2004 4:59 PMAdhere to Window Models. Document windows, Utility windows, Click-through, Layering, Drawers, Controls. How do users open windows, how do you properly title windows?
Posted by: Rook at January 12, 2004 4:59 PMOkay, I just told you what Apple wants you to look out for with window positions, but in the real world, not everyone uses the hiding feature of the Dock, and it is unrealistic to be able to predict where each user will place their Dock at any given day or how large they will have it. However, you can build a feature into your application that allows spacing for the Finder. You can give users the option of where to position their windows and what area of the screen not to cross. I know that BBEdit provides me with this feature, and I wish more developers gave me more control over my windows.
Posted by: Thomas at January 12, 2004 4:59 PMOkay, I just told you what Apple wants you to look out for with window positions, but in the real world, not everyone uses the hiding feature of the Dock, and it is unrealistic to be able to predict where each user will place their Dock at any given day or how large they will have it. However, you can build a feature into your application that allows spacing for the Finder. You can give users the option of where to position their windows and what area of the screen not to cross. I know that BBEdit provides me with this feature, and I wish more developers gave me more control over my windows.
Posted by: Georgette at January 12, 2004 5:00 PMOkay, I just told you what Apple wants you to look out for with window positions, but in the real world, not everyone uses the hiding feature of the Dock, and it is unrealistic to be able to predict where each user will place their Dock at any given day or how large they will have it. However, you can build a feature into your application that allows spacing for the Finder. You can give users the option of where to position their windows and what area of the screen not to cross. I know that BBEdit provides me with this feature, and I wish more developers gave me more control over my windows.
Posted by: Guy at January 12, 2004 5:00 PMUser Assistance. This is helping the user with the proper "next step" when performing a task. Less guesswork for the user on what to do next makes for a better experience.
Posted by: Gawen at January 12, 2004 5:00 PMThe simple fact is that, when all other factors are equal, where will consumers spend their money? I believe that in the long run, the best looking, easiest-to-use applications will also be the most successful. I think that's why Apple encourages developers to write programs that are 100 percent Aqua-compliant.
Posted by: Tristram at January 12, 2004 5:01 PM
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