FROM : Alastair Houghton
DATE : Thu Nov 22 11:27:32 2007
On 22 Nov 2007, at 09:04, Amit8 J wrote:
> I have been having a bit of a problem with placing an application in
> the
> Dock. I want to place an application icon in the Dock programically.
[snip]
> I have seen this kind of functionality in the Microsoft office set
> wizard.
Why not just let the user put the icon in the Dock himself if he wants?
Don't assume that because you saw Microsoft do something, it must be a
good idea. Most applications shouldn't even have an installer, let
alone a checkbox to programmatically modify the user's Dock.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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http://alastairs-place.net
DATE : Thu Nov 22 11:27:32 2007
On 22 Nov 2007, at 09:04, Amit8 J wrote:
> I have been having a bit of a problem with placing an application in
> the
> Dock. I want to place an application icon in the Dock programically.
[snip]
> I have seen this kind of functionality in the Microsoft office set
> wizard.
Why not just let the user put the icon in the Dock himself if he wants?
Don't assume that because you saw Microsoft do something, it must be a
good idea. Most applications shouldn't even have an installer, let
alone a checkbox to programmatically modify the user's Dock.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
--
http://alastairs-place.net
| Related mails | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amit8 J | Nov 22, 10:04 | |
| Alastair Houghton | Nov 22, 11:27 | |
| Scott Anguish | Nov 22, 11:43 | |
| Clark Cox | Nov 22, 16:33 | |
| R.L. Grigg | Nov 27, 02:56 |






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