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Pardon the intrusion, but it may be worth noting that an unclickable checkbox is a violation of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and of general UI design rules about user expectations. I'd respectfully suggest some other way of indicating the user's connected state than a checkbox he can't click on or change. I guarantee you'll have frustrated and confused users.
However, about Apple--I can no longer consider them to be the ultimate example of good interface, as they were before.
Agreed, Curry, but what other consistent Guidelines are there? Micro$lot? ;-) the last time they had a great design was Excel 4.0.
I'm currently running NetScape 7.+ browser. It looks like it was designed but a gang of 14-year-old kids. Bizarre interface, non-intuitive operation. Tabs, sliders and what-nots all over the place... It's worth every cent I paid for it: $0.00.
The real beauty and strength of Apple was the GUI. Companies that followed the Apple HIGs gained a loyal following because the learning curve was tiny from App to App. They respected the users' time and the money spent. I probably own everything produced by Adobe.
I think we've had enough of the "good-enough" design attitude. More time and thought put into the HIG will reduce the coding and de-bug time.
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