Re: What are menus?

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From: David Herron -- One of the verte...
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1989 21:01

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In article <12907@steinmetz.ge.com> perley@trub.steinmetz.ge.com (Donald P Perley) writes:
>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.


Nope ...

you don't use Postit notes for selecting things that can be done in
some environment.



Pull down menu's represent ... control knob type things on mechanical
devices????
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From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae)
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Subject: Re: What are menus?
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Date: 10 Jan 89 21:01:03 GMT
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