[CocoaApp isThisTiger]

[Bill Cheeseman]

on 2007-10-24 7:21 AM, Markus Hitter at mah at jump-ing.de wrote:

> Am 24.10.2007 um 12:39 schrieb Bill Cheeseman:
> 
>> Code testing for Tiger was therefore necessary.
> 
> Why do you require to hack around such tests if one of your users
> wants to test your app in Panther? The user always knows best what (s)
> he wants.

One of my apps functions incompletely under Panther, and the other doesn't
function at all under Panther. I don't think it would be smart to frustrate
my customers by forcing them to waste their time finding that out for
themselves. By testing for Tiger, I am able to tell the user nicely at the
outset that the product isn't designed for Panther.

The user may know what he wants, but I know best what my products actually
do. As the developer of the products, I feel an obligation to inform the
user what they do and what they don't do.

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Bill Cheeseman - bill at cheeseman.name
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
www.quecheesoftware.com

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