Re: TARGET: TECH: Mac Close Box (Drives Me Nuts)

["Erik D. Mueller-Harder" <erik@PRAXISWORKS.COM>]

Hi, Gabe --

On 1/4/99 at 8:59 pm, you wrote:

> * If possible, run some sort of AppleScript which does the following:
> Whenever a user clicks the Close Box, the window will not close.
> Instead, a little window will immediately pop up saying something
> like "Click 'File' and then 'Quit' when done using Netscape."  The
> little window would have an "OK" button to click.  Then the user
> would know how to correctly "Quit" Netscape.  If the user doesn't
> bother, no problem. At least the program and window are still open
> for the next person. NOTE: I know nothing about AppleScript creation.
>  Would there happen to be a script like this that I can download from
> the Internet?
>
> * Small, laminated sign taped to the monitor saying something like,
> "When done using Netscape, click 'File' and then 'Quit'."  The sign
> would include a small screen shot of the "File ==> Quit" procedure.
>
> * Making the above sign into a prominent Mac Desktop image
>
> Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!  I will post a HIT.
>
> Gabe :-)

I don't believe there's any way to make an AppleScript run automatically
when an event (such as a user clicking on the close box) occurs, so I
don't think your first scheme would work.  One could certainly write an
AppleScript that would quit Netscape when it was invoked, but someone
would have to double-click on the script icon or select it from a script
menu for it to run -- which wouldn't be any easier than selecting Quit
>from the File menu.

Perhaps you'd have better results telling the students to press
<command>-<q> to quit.  Netscape and about 98% of all other Mac programs
follow the Apple Human Interface Guideline which equates <command>-<q>
with selecting Quit from the File menu.  I certainly find <command>-<q>
easier.

Or, perhaps, just have the students reboot the machine when they're
through.  That'd definitely quit Netscape!

I hope you find a solution that makes your life saner....

And on 1/4/99 at 5:41 pm, you wrote:

> A former computer lab co-worker of mine in grad school who is a Mac
> fanatic pointed out to me once that the computers in most movies and
> TV shows tend to be Macs.  With that in mind since then, I have
> indeed noticed this phenomenon, which is likely due to aggressive
> "subliminal" advertising by Apple.  One popular TV show with a Mac in
> it is "Seinfeld". The computer is located near the window in the far
> left corner of Seinfeld's living room.

In addition to Apple's creative marketing, I've heard that a high
proportion of actors, producers, directors, etc., prefer to use Macs
anyway, and that they therefore choose to use them as props.

And, finally, on 12/17/98 at 5:04 pm, you wrote:

> Microsoft announced today that the official release date for the new
> operating system "Windows 2000" will be delayed until the second
> quarter of 1901.

I don't usually pass along amusing things I read on the web or on
listservs, but I forwarded this gem to a number of people who were
highly amused.  Thanks!

-- Erik Mueller-Harder
   Trustee, South Hampton Public Library
   Volunteer, Barnard School library, South Hampton, NH
   Owner, Praxisworks: Computing solutions for the humanities

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