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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New HIG for pull-down/pop-ups
Message-ID: <1990Aug21.200600.13164@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 21 Aug 90 20:06:00 GMT
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In article <44112@apple.Apple.COM> kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim) writes:
>
>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.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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