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Re: What are menus?

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From: Donald P Perley
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1989 17:11
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In article <3234@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Well, I asked "what in the real world are pull-down menus a metaphor for?". The
>replies I've received are entertaining, if not definitive.

They represent Postit(tm) notes stuck on your rolltop desk.


-don perley
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From: perley@trub.steinmetz (Donald P Perley)
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Subject: Re: What are menus?
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