Scott wrote: > There's a difference; the poster that brought > up "full-sized" dialogs was talking about > 160x160. I use 156 x 156 all the time for > preferences that need the room. The 160 x 160, > I believe, is not valid according to the > guidelines as you've pointed out.
OK, I think I misunderstood you a bit: I somehow thought you not only didn't like 160*160 screens -- for good reason -- but also didn't see the need for having full-screen modal forms in general (and with full-screen I meant compliant-with-UI-standards full-screen dialogs, i.e., 156*156). Sorry about that. Like you, I have used 156*156 at times, and I think if the extra four pixels would have been so important to squeeze in more stuff, the screen would have had other design problems, too. > It is too bad that users tolerate this junk. True. Not only in the Palm world, of course. Most of my work as a software developer is actually for non-Palm platforms, and it often amazes me how otherwise skilled developers are so ignorant of design guidelines, and often just consider their work done when there are still glaring UI problems to resolve (from simple typos to misaligned fields/prompts to wrong fonts to modal screens that shouldn't be modal...). Oliver __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
