Re: "popup" menus

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From: Gary Murphy
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 1990 12:57

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In article <8755@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> freds@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Fred Saxonberg) writes:
>If you use a popup menu you'll confuse the average
>Windows user since Windows doesn't normally operate this way, 
>but it does work.

I keep hearing this argument: who are these "average Windows users"
who can be _so_ easily confused?  Does anyone have the demographics
for this audience?  What is their education level?

-- 
Gary Murphy                   uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!garym
                              (garym%cognos.uucp@uunet.uu.net)
(613) 738-1338 x5537          Cognos Inc. P.O. Box 9707 Ottawa K1G 3N3
"There are many things which do not concern the process" - Joan of Arc

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!cognos!garym
From: garym@cognos.UUCP (Gary Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: "popup" menus
Keywords: menu
Message-ID: <8138@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 90 12:57:03 GMT
References: <9506@sun.acs.udel.edu> <1990Mar29.161336.6457@chinet.chi.il.us> <8755@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
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