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From: murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New HIG for pull-down/pop-ups
Message-ID: <223@farcomp.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 90 19:12:46 GMT
References: <3961@crash.cts.com> <44112@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Aug21.200600.13164@eng.umd.edu>
Reply-To: murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar)
Organization: Farallon Computing Inc. Berkeley, CA
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In article <1990Aug21.200600.13164@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T.

 Russotto) writes:
-In article <44112@apple.Apple.COM> kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim) writes:
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--The arrow is meant as a visual clue, rather than a definition.  It's like
--a road sign indicating curves ahead: the curves on the sign don't match
--the terrain in any sense.  Similarly, the popup arrow is meant to indicate
--the presence of a menu rather than its modus operandi.
-
-Nice rationalization, but I've never seen a sign for a left curve on the road
-have anything but a left curve on the sign, nor vice versa.  Even when it
-is a series of curves, the first curve on the sign always matches the first
-curve on the road.

I would argue that telegraphing the relative position of the currently
selected item in a pop-up is pretty nearly useless to the user. Nothing
bad will happen if the current item isnUt where the user expects it.

Contrast this with the potentially disastrous consequences of zigging
when you should have zagged while driving.


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