On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Alexander von Gluck > <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>Repair associated with a >> network interface may be patented by Redmond > > Which, IMO, is a silly reason. I seriously doubt they patented the use > of the word "Repair" in this situation - and if our USPTO really > granted such a ridiculous patent, I doubt it would be enforceable due > to obviousness. +1, though I'm not convinced that is the best name anyhow. Microsoft is probably the last company we should be copying for UI. Does Mac OS X have a button for this? If so, what does it say? If not, why do we need it? Would it be better in a context menu? Remember we need to walk the fine line between making common functions easy and accessable without cluttering the interface with all possible things. Less used stuff should be a little harder to find (or maybe the better thing to say is "less in your face".) -- Regards, Ryan