On 17/04/2010, at 4:41 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: > We keep shooting ourselves in the foot on this list by not first asking > enough questions.
Why should we though? If a poster can't muster the effort to sketch an outline of why they want to do a certain thing, it falls into the category of not asking a smart question in the first place. I'm happy to answer questions where I can but playing a game of 20 questions to fill in all the blanks that should have been there in the original post is something I just don't have time for. If the original post lacks context, then the context applied by default is a standard app that has to live with everything else on a system where the user is in charge. If the question was about writing a Finder replacement (where certain privileges would be elevated) then it should have said so. In the default context, I don't believe what I said was a "preachy, know-it-all rant", and certainly wasn't intended that way. You don't have to read this list for very long to see just how much baggage people bring from other platforms. 24 years of Mac programming experience (and making similar mistakes as well) must be worth something, surely? --Graham _______________________________________________ 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
