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Re: System 7 question

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From: Jeffrey Joseph Barbose
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 03:43
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I'm not exactly crazy about multifinder's context switching either, but I
definitely DON'T like the way Windows handles its menus either.  To put them
inside each document's window not only takes up extra screen space (a valuable
commodity on Compact Macs), but is confusing when there are multiple windows
place in certain positions on the screen.

What I DO like is Virex's method of doing something like this.  It combines
the ideas of each-window-gets-its-own-menus, and the hierDA-type ideas:  in the
upper lefthand corner of the window, below the titlebar, is a dog-ear (much
like the Notepad's dogear, but smaller).  Clicking on this shows a menu con-\
taining the items of the menubar, along with hierarchical menus at each one
containing the menu items.

This setup worked very well for me.

Anyone else?

Jeff
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From: jb28+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Barbose)
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Subject: Re: System 7 question
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Date: 22 Dec 89 03:43:51 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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