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Article #1316Re: What are menus?
From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1989 21:30
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1989 21:30
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In article <15562@mimsy.UUCP> don@brillig.umd.edu.UUCP (Don Hopkins) writes: >>>Using linear pull down menus is like having to climb ladders to get >>>where you're going. There's a more natural metaphore for round pie >>>menus, though. I think of pie menus as rooms with doors leading off >>>in different directions. >>>[...] >>> -Don > >>Actually, this has been done by XEROX. It's called ROOMS, I think. >>I've never actually seen it, but the guy who wrote it (I forget his name) was I was walking up the stairs from the Xerox room the other day; it's something I do eight or twelve times a day, now that the li'l stoonts need lots of handouts for their li'l edification. Ennyhoo (Is there _anyone_ more pleased that Pogo is back in the papers than me?), I was flipping my keys for the eight or twelfth time that day, and I realized: Pulldown menus are a ring of keys. You pull them out of your pocket, and select the the one that opens your next venue, or activates your next tool. I need a carrot. --Blair "Munch, Munch."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!bu-cs!buengc!bph From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: What are menus? Message-ID: <1954@buengc.BU.EDU> Date: 23 Jan 89 21:30:34 GMT References: <3234@sugar.uu.net> <12907@steinmetz.ge.com> <10867@s.ms.uky.edu> <1989Jan18.125219.19180@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <4470@pitt.UUCP> <15562@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: Boston Univ. Col. of Eng. Lines: 30