On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:05 AM, Vikram Sethi wrote: > Yes, I would agree that it is not generally a good practice. However, there > are certain things that I would like the app to do in a no-window state for > which tapping into the app would make sense.
Keep in mind that many users don't really understand the concept of an app that's running but has no windows open. Common problems are "I can't open the app" (they click on the Dock icon but no window opens; was largely fixed by the 'rapp' AppleEvent in System 7.1) and "I'm looking for the Foo menu but it's not there anymore" (they see a window for that app but don't notice that another app with no windows is active, so they're clicking into the wrong menu bar.) You may laugh, but this is really widespread. So behaviors like what you're describing could cause a lot of confusion, unless your app is only targeted at geeks and power-users :) —Jens_______________________________________________ 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
