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From: jbr0@cbnews.att.com (joseph.a.brownlee)
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Subject: Re: System 7 talk: Hierarchial Apple Menus
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Date: 11 Jun 90 16:57:29 GMT
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In article <68207@cc.utah.edu> TJACOBS@cc.utah.edu writes:
>What I proposed to Apple is that the user be allowed to configure each folder
>that appears in the Apple Menu to appear [...] as a hierarchial
>menu that pops out to show the contents of the folder.

I like this idea.  I, too, have problems with hierarchical menus in many
situations.  However, in the case of the 7.0 Apple Menu, I would trade the
"inconvenience" of the hierarchical menu for better organization.  The best
part is, I have the option to make that choice, while other who want a "flat"
menu can opt for that.

I would simply have it place any folders in the Apple Menu Folder in the
menu as hierarchical choices, which allow the user to select one of the items
in that folder.  This would allow me to group things by type (applications,
DAs, etc.), or perhaps functionally, or any other way that I might like.  And,
to top it all off, it would not even be terribly difficult to implement
something like this.

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