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 _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
