pop-up/pull-down menus

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From: Merlyn Leroy <Brian Westley>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1984 18:11

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    Anyone want to speculate on what Apple is going to do with their
patent of pop-up/pull-down menus?  I believe they were granted a patent
a few months ago - a lot of new, heavy duty software uses them
(TopView, Windows, Symphony?).  I kind of like the idea of Apple suing
IBM, and throwing a big monkey wrench into their windowing environment.
However, the blurb I read might be as accurate as the stuff printed up
a couple of years ago, when someone was granted a patent having to do
with color-coding phonetic diagrams or somesuch, and the story got out
as someone getting a patent on *using color* on computer displays.
Anyone have more info on what the patent covers/doesn't cover?
							Merlyn Leroy
"No funny quotes"

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Subject: pop-up/pull-down menus
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