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From: 6600patb@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Pat Breitenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: idea -- sideways scrolling menu bar
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Date: 16 Oct 90 20:57:36 GMT
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In article <90289.160406BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu> BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu (Ben Liblit) writes:

>Rare though it is, I have occasionally seen so many items in the menu bar that
>they run straight off the right edge of the screen.  Menu bar real estate taken
>up by goodies such as SuperClock add to the problem.

>So ... how about sideways scrolling menu bars?  I'm thinking of the same sort
>of thing as a vertically scrolling menu, but left-right.  Like a scrolling
>menu, a scrolling menu bar would behave normally unless there were too many
>items to fit across the screen.  I suppose little arrows in the upper corners
>would let the user know that there are more items off in a given direction.

>I am in no way, shape, or form a Macintosh programmer, so I really don't know
>how goofy my suggestion might be.  Would anyone who does care to comment?

>                            Ben Liblit

At the very least, I think developers ought to see if they
could shorten some of their manu items (the actual words that
appear across the top). I would imagine that Apple would not
support a scrolling menu bar unless the Apple, File, and Edit
menus never moved.  And even then, I doubt it.

-Patrick	Internet: 6600patb@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu