weskaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (2004-03-29 at 1218.49 -0800): > >> 1) Every filter should produce a dialog when called interactively. > >> At the moment, some just do their thing without showing any dialog: > >> this is bad. > > > >Why is this bad? There are plug-ins that are supposed to be completely > >non-interactive. You call them from the menu, they do their job. What > >is bad about that? > > It's bad because (a) it's disconcerting to the user, when 95% of plug-ins pop > up a dialog, to have a couple that just plunge ahead, (b) Re-Show doesn't > make sense when nothing is ever shown, and most importantly (c) it's > impossible to summon help when there's no dialog. a) Menu entries have a rule about "...". Only those that request extra interaction must have the dots. Non interactive things have no dots. b) Then make it disabled. c) Maybe over menu? Maybe in a global place? This issue is going to happen with any menu entry that pops nothing, be it a filter or whatever. Should everything start poping dialogs now? GSR
