On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Michael Domino wrote:
My app does some processing at quit time that can take a few
minutes, so I thought it would be nice to remove the gui from the
user’s attention so they don’t think they can still interact with
the program just because there is a window and a menu visible. So, I
hide the main window and the menubar. Then, I bring Finder to the
front. The only thing left is the application’s icon in the command-
tab list and the Dock, and the entry in the Force Quit Applications
list.
Is there a way to remove these items?
No, because this is not appropriate behavior. If your app is still
running (ie, it's still doing some post-processing), then it still
needs to be visible.
Consider ordering out the main window and putting up some sort of
progress indicator that lets the user know that quitting will be
delayed.
Of course the best option is not to cause a potentially minutes-
long delay after the user instructs your app to quit. From a usability
standpoint, this is a major detractor from your current design and you
should see if there's a way to do some of this processing on the fly
or providing a way to save the unprocessed state and let your user
decide:
"There are unprocessed items. Do you want to process these items or
quit immediately?"
"Finish Processing, Quit, Cancel"
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I.S.
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