On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Chris Hanson <c...@me.com> wrote: > And instead of checking network connectivity, your application should just > try to use the network and fail gracefully when it's not available. After > all, it could go away between when you check and actually start using it, or > while you're using it - at that point, what does checking get you?
Avoidance of a timeout, perhaps? Checking reachability might spare your user a 5 to 10 second "trying to contact server" spinning progress indicator. That 5 to 10 seconds could instead be spent smacking oneself for forgetting to turn on AirPort. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ 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
