Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Thompson" Subject: Re: radioButton without r Message-ID: <7516b01a11372@uwe> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <1184275755.408435.102380@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> References: <1184275755.408435.102380@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 48 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:36:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918607 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:36:47 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:36:47 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:2032 To: comp.lang.java.gui Wenj.Ma@gmail.com wrote: >> Of course, the most fundamental question here is why you want to take a >> familiar interface that all users understand and replace it with a new .. >You should never try to guess the customers of a design. That would not be necessary if you had mentioned the user base in your initial post in this discussion forum. >...You assume >the software is used by public users while >it's always possible that the special ... 'Special'? What are they, autistic? >...user group want some feature >which may against the common >accepting standard. .. Note that users, 'special' or otherwise, have been known for there "wouldn't it be a good idea if.." solutions that, when they see them implemented, realise how unworkable/ ugly/trite they are. >...I suggest never try to type such question if you >don't know how to answer my technical question. I suggest you never approach this discussion forum as if it were a help desk. FTR - the technical goal is every bit up for discussion - always. As well as (AFAIC) the morality of the goal (but that is another story). >I've come up with a solution here. 'This weeks' solution? ;-) -- Andrew Thompson http://www.athompson.info/andrew/ Message posted via JavaKB.com http://www.javakb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/java-gui/200707/1 --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24