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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7 talk: Application Menu
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Date: 8 Jun 90 18:58:53 GMT
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On Applink in the Devloper Services section under the Human Interface section
there has been some interesting discussion (more like people say what they
want, and Apple tells what they'll get) on System 7 issues. I'd like to bring
up a couple of them here and solicit opinions. Both issues I'd like to talk
about have to do with the Apple Menu.

Application Menu - In System 7.0a9 they have the applications under the Multi-
Finder Icon just like On Que. I'm sure On Que fans love this but I don't. I
can see reasons for having it in either place and perhaps the best solution is
to allow the user to have it where he wants it or even have it in both places.

One of the problems with it on the right is that when an application uses the
notification manager an their small icon flashes over the Apple menu icon your
reaction is to go the Apple menu to answer it. But hold your horses, now you
have to go to the other side to answer it! Sure you could just flash it on the
right but another problem is that going back and forth between the two sides
is an unecessary hastle and can be confusing. This is especially a nuisance on
a large screen monitor.

They have made one improvement to the way the 6.1b9 MultiFinder does things.
Instead of having one menu item for hiding the current application menu or the
other application menus you have one for current and one for the others and
you don't have to do any option-menu stuf.

Part of their justification for putting it in the MF-icon is that they say it
is inconsistent to have anything in the Apple Menu that isn't menu. So they
turned the MF-icon into a menu.

I'll put the second issue in a second post to keep the threads seperate.