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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New HIG for pull-down/pop-ups
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Date: 23 Aug 90 06:37:22 GMT
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In article <44165@apple.Apple.COM> kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim) writes:
>The problem with widening the list or popup is that some items are dynamically
>placed in those items.  "Just widening" it doesn't work if there are other
>items in a dialog that would get overlapped.  ...

Actually, I meant that the dialogs should probably be designed so they are
wider to begin with.  Even an original Mac screen has quite a bit of room and
if you really wanted to, you could move all the buttons underneath the list to
make even more room.  (Don't take that too seriously.)

>Actually, menu items in the popup will not be condensed, only the title
>will be.

Yes, I know.  I still have mixed feelings about this.  I pretty much agree
with Francis Stanbach's views on this.  Like they say, you can't have it all.

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