human-interface

What should I do with default menu items in MainMenu in the new Cocoa application?

When you create new Cocoa application Xcode generates MainMenu.xib for you with the sets of predefined menu items (File, Edit, Format, View, etc.). I make a very simple application. I really don't need menu items Edit, Format, View. What is the best practice in this case. Should I remove or keep them? It's look very strange for me that ...

How do i terminate an iPhone application gracefully in code

What is the proper way of ending an application on the iPhone when you are finished with it? thanks, anton ...

Is the Human Interface Guideline gospel?

I have submitted my first iPhone app and am now waiting for approval. My only fear is having it rejected because of some subtle nuance in the HIG, this is from googling around. How does Apple treat the HIG, as guidelines or as gospel? ...

Scanning for a Human Interface Device (HID) using C#

I am developing a C# .NET 2.0 application wherein I need to scan for an attached HID. How can this be done? Because it is a HID, Windows does not assign a COM port to it. I only need to programmatically determine if the device is attached. Thank you. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION When I connect the USB device to my computer two entries ap...

Taking input from a joystick with C# .NET

I searched around on Google for this, but the only things I came up with were outdated and did not work. Does anyone have any information on how to get joystick data using C# .NET? ...