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Article #871Re: 3 button systems (was A/UX window systems, Mac toolbox, etc)
From: John Diamant
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 06:43
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 06:43
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> Pull-down menus allow for that wonderfully simple *1* button mouse.
Pull-down menus do not allow for a 1 button mouse more than other menus.
Pull-down menus are nothing more than a hierarchical menu (like cascading
or walking menus) which can only be activated from a particular hotspot.
I see no difference functionally (in terms of the number of mouse buttons
you need) in a system that uses pull-down menus and one that uses
a pop-up cascading menu only available from a title bar.
John Diamant
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