(not targeted at Brian...)
Palm should make 'The Zen of Palm' from a previous PalmSource (or
PalmDevCon) available as a movie on the beginners page. That could answer a
lot of the design philosophy choices. Just reading over the presentation in
the KB just doesn't cut it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Brackeen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Flaming on palm-dev (Re: Does Palm want to end this news
group?)
> I hate to ask a question that is so newbie it makes me look green as hell,
> but I have been wondering and since Ben mentioned it in his posting, I
will
> dare to ask.
>
> What is your exact meaning when you say:
> > 3) We're a little dogmatic on some parts of the Palm philosophy,
> > especially things like not having an "Exit" button or menu.
>
> Is an Exit button, not a good thing? Coming from a Windows background I
put
> exit buttons on everything, and was looking for a way to put them on my
palm
> apps as well. Unless it is unneeded, can you elaborate?
>
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>
> Brian Brackeen
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> "Bryan Nystrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:44852@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > I'll second that motion. Very well (and briefly) put Ben!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Horace
> > Ho
> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:30 PM
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Re: Flaming on palm-dev (Re: Does Palm want to end this news
> > group?)
> >
> >
> > I suggest to include Ben's 5 points in the Developer's FAQ ;-)
> >
> > "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:44795@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > The flaming only occasionally pops up... this group has an interesting
> > psychology which tolerates some questions, but gets really irritated by
> > a few others.
> >
> > 1) We don't like problems labelled "urgent". This was talked about in
> > detail a couple of months ago, and I won't reopen it further.
> >
> > 2) We prefer well-specified problems with limited scope. Problems with
> > not enough detail to diagnose the problem are ignored.
> >
> > 3) We're a little dogmatic on some parts of the Palm philosophy,
> > especially things like not having an "Exit" button or menu.
> >
> > 4) Occasionally, we get a little snippy about referring to the archives
> > or the FAQs as a defense mechanism to get more people to use these to
> > answer questions first.
> >
> > 5) We really prefer people to do their background work first, and if
> > they post and later find a solution, they get big points by posting back
> > about how they solved their problem, so people reading now and in the
> > future can get help on similar questions.
> >
> > I'm happy these flames don't pop-up more often, and I think a lot of
> > serious discussion and exploration of PalmOS happens here, which is why
> > I keep contributing.
> >
> > --
> > Ben Combee, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Techwood Broadcasting Foundation, Austin Bureau
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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