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Article #18Re: Menubar items without menus are AWFUL
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1985 21:59
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1985 21:59
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> Something like this *might* make clicking on the "menu" name acceptable. Putting > "..." after all existing menus could be a problem though (for one thing, they might > not fit any more). It also would look ugly. > > Given that we're retrofitting this, it might be better to put a special symbol after > those menu names which *don't* have menus. Unfortunately, nobody is going to know > what it means at first. How about "!". Then you could have [ @ Files Quit! This That The other thing... ]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!peter From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.cog-eng Subject: Re: Menubar items without menus are AWFUL Message-ID: <330@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 17:59:29 EDT Article-I.D.: graffiti.330 Posted: Sun Oct 20 17:59:29 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Oct-85 04:41:11 EDT References: <3281@nsc.UUCP> <5387@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1701@dciem.UUCP> <445@calgary.UUCP> <1713@dciem.UUCP> <464@calgary.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 11