[Psi-devel] Re: recent Remote Control, Execute Command, AdHoc work

[Trejkaz]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:53, Remko Troncon wrote:
> > >Besides, disabling menu items is "considered harmful" in itself.  When a
> > >menu option is greyed out, the user has no idea why it's greyed out, so
> > >they can't even figure out how to use it.
> >
> > This strikes me as wrong, since if the menu item isn't there at all the
> > user has no idea that it's even a possibility.  It damages the
> > discoverability of the interface even more than greying it out.
>
> I agree. I don't know where this opinion comes from, but it is the first
> time i heard that 'greyed out items' are 'considered harmful'. First time
> i saw a UI do this evilness of hiding menuitems was when building the
> config, and i absolutely hate it when i don't know where to search stuff,
> or not knowing there are certain options available. This is just wrong.

But that's the problem.  The options _aren't_ available.  They're greyed out, 
and the user doesn't know why.

TX

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