On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 09:42:06AM -0700, Frank Ludolph wrote:

> Not in this case. When a button/menu item is disabled, the user will ask 
> "why". If the answer is pretty obvious, e.g. "Bold" is disabled when an 
> image is selected, it is pretty obvious since "Bold" is not a resonable 
> command to perform on an image. However in the case you question, The 
> command "install" is reasonable for the selection, a selected package. It 
> is not at all obvious to the user that "install" is disabled for security 
> reasons. In these cases the best approach is to leave the command (button, 
> menu item) enabled and display an error dialog if the command is invoked. 
> This informs the user of the problem and can suggest a corrective action.

Okay.  That certainly seems to be the simple answer on the development
side, too.

Thanks,
Danek
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