Alastair Houghton posted an interesting GUI design question to his blog and CocoaDev.com. Since this list isn’t drowning in traffic, I thought I’d xref it...
Here's something that's not yet on the IndieHIG, and it's not (as far as I can tell) covered by Apple's HIG... Where is the proper place to add the Check for...
The Apple Human Interface Guidelines actually *do* discuss this topic in the section titled "Updating Installed Applications" within the section "Software...
John, ... Oops! Sorry. Thanks for pointing this out. ... That makes sense to me. I don't think it should be a menu item, but there's a lot of momentum to wards...
... Not really. It's the Operating System, not an application, and it's placed in the Apple menu since it's an OS command, not an application command. It's...
John, ... Because we're loosing faith in the Apple HIG. Even Apple doesn't follow it. So instead we turn elsewhere to determine what's "the right way" to do...
... I think this is a really interesting point, and it sounds like a great guideline. However, it seems like it might be a bit too black- and-white. Some...
... Actually, the AHIG agrees with this point, but recommends a button in the Preferences window instead of a menu item. No reason is given as far as I can...
... It sounds like the reason is to conform with the guideline. But I would have to agree that this guideline is so widely violated that it's worth considering...
Sure would be nice if Apple could eventually open the OS software updates feature to third parties. One centralized preference to enable or disable checking...
Hi Good question. For me I like to see the menu item right under the preference menu-item. ( btw, I got the same feelings about a license menu item, it should...
... Sorry, but speaking as a user there is no way I agree with this. This first thing I do is turn off all of the automatic update download crap I see in any...
... Hi, my personal stance on this matter is: Put the actual option for periodically checking for updates in the Prefs. I.e. the check box. A menu item that...
... Do a Google for "MacPAD", it's a nice standard for packaging update check information for an application, and other apps can extract that information and...
I agree that there should be a menu Item under the preference menu item, but also at a pref. page where the user can setup a regular check for updates or not,...
... Keep in mind, we don't necessarily say it will auto-update. Right now talk is only about checking whether there is a new update available. One thing I'd...
... Fair enough, as long as there is a way to turn it off. The Check Now button in the Preferences dialog idea seems a little clumsy to me. I kind of expect...
... While I haven't looked at my sparkle apache logs recently, I can say when I did peek after 30-40 days post launch a significant number of people seemed to...
... Something like using MacPAD and Shovel (<http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/macapplications.htm>), then? This particular effort seems to have died; I have...
... Well, I wouldn't say died. I still have great plans for Shovel, it's just that I'm rather busy, so it's on the back-burner, which I admit is almost...
... C) The app decides it wants to autoupdate when I'm somewhere with a bad net connection. It's nice to be able to manually trigger the update later when I'm...
I'm just browsing a little through the IndieHIG, and I have to say I'm a little confused. Most of the suggestions seem to revolve around graphics design more...
... My opinion has always been the opposite, primarily because I think a unified toolbar in text-only mode looks ugly with all those item labels next to the...
... I guess we mostly agree then, if I understood you correctly (you meant the opposite of what the IndieHIG said, not what I said, right?). But IMHO unified...
... One thing this doesn't mention is that one-pixel-wide draggable dividers are hard to click, which is why they usually accept clicks a couple pixels to each...
... This also confuses me a little. Icons are supposed to be illustrations of concepts. When someone uses text, it should either be unreadable "blind text" or...
Uli, ... I agree that this seems too much like somebody's opinion about the iTunes interface. I think the IndieHIG should clarify the proper use of common ...
... I had higher hopes for this when it first started. I'm now of the opinion that the Apple HIG is sufficient. The Indie one now smacks of personal...
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