Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!newton.physics.purdue.edu!maxwell.physics.purdue.edu!sho From: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Font menu SANITY!! Message-ID: <3298@newton.physics.purdue.edu> Date: 15 Mar 90 01:37:20 GMT References: <1990Mar12.234628.22333@cs.umn.edu> <3262@pur-phy> <1990Mar14.134618.12628@phri.nyu.edu> <20938@bellcore.bellcore.com> Sender: news@newton.physics.purdue.edu Reply-To: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto) Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN Lines: 27 In article <20938@bellcore.bellcore.com> sdh@flash.UUCP (Stephen D Hawley) writes: >In article <1990Mar14.134618.12628@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: >>In <3262@pur-phy> sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto) writes: >>> Ideally, the user would be able to pick a font, and then pick a style from >>> a popup or an h-menu. If Super-Extra-Heavy-Bold exists, it should show up >>> in the menu. >Please don't do this. Honestly. It is NOT a win in human factors in the >least. > >A better approach is to pop up a dialog box with 3 lists (font, style, size), >an area of editable text for a demo, and an ok and cancel button. The win is >that most font changes require more than one change in the font. Yes, I agree with you, but there is nothing wrong with doing it both ways. It seems that most modern word processors have a character format dialog box to supplement the menu choices. However, I can't think of any one type of attribute (font, size, style) that I could honestly say was not neccesary in a menu form. You switch between normal and italics, you switch between 24 point and 12 point, you switch between Garamond and Courier. What's wrong with menus *and* an all-inclusive dialog? -Sho -- sho@physics.purdue.edu