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From: stanbach@Apple.COM (Francis Stanbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New HIG for pull-down/pop-ups
Message-ID: <9899@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 90 01:38:40 GMT
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I started this by adding condensed type to the chooser.
AppleTalk allows network devices to have 32 character names and
I could not make the chooser big enough to show the entire zone
and device name (believe me, I tried) so I condensed the text. I felt
that if a maximum of 5% of the items were condensed it would look
OK. Unfortunately, these things can get out of hand. If you
can only display 50% of a string and condensing it allows you to
display 60%, I don't think it is a real win. If more than 1/4 of
a list is condensed, it looks bad.

Francis

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Francis Stanbach Software Engineer Finder & Applications Apple Computer, Inc.
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