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From: gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert)
Subject: Re: What to do with programs when no windows are open?
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In article <5134@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) writes:
...
>They sometimes forget to quit the application.  Even worse, they later
>try to run the program by double-clicking, and find that no window
>appears.  They see the Finder window on top, and think that nothing's
>happened.  Worse yet, our programs are set to multi-launch, so the
...

I agree complete with this problem of no windows on frontmost applications
being very confusing to novices (even experienced users at times). I have
started putting a routine in all my programs that puts a small, pretty
"about" window up when my app is frontmost, if no document windows are
open.  I'd recommend such as a Human Interface addition to all developers.
                      Don
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Don Gilbert                                     gilbert@bio.indiana.edu
biocomputing office, biology dept., indiana univ., bloomington, in 47405