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scott@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Scott Bronson) writes:

>Has anyone else noticed that Word 5.0 and Excel 3.0 both totally
>lack hierarchical menus?  Is this a conscious decision on Microsoft's
>part, or did it just happen that way?

>I noticed because there are a few aspects of both programs user
>interfaces that could be greatly enhanced by a hierarchical menu.
>For instance, the alignment dialog in Excel 3.0 could be turned
>into a hierarchical menu with virtually no effort.  Also, the recent
>files in both the Word and Excel File menus could be releagted
>to a hierarchical menu, thus allowing the number of files remembered
>to reach a useful length.  

>Did Microsoft's shunning hierarchical menus come as a result of
>Windows not having an equivalent (does it?  I don't know).  Any
>ideas?

heresay evidence: excel and word (dos/windows and mac) are compiled on a 
    third platform (i don't know what, but would guess probably a vax)
    FROM THE SAME SOURCE. 

warning: this is many generations old in the grapvine, and may be suffering due
to transmission noise.


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