Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:4282 comp.sys.mac.programmer:18319 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!assari.tut.fi!assari.tut.fi!n67786 From: n67786@lehtori.tut.fi (Nieminen Tero) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: idea -- sideways scrolling menu bar Message-ID: Date: 16 Oct 90 17:11:46 GMT References: <90289.160406BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu> <1990Oct16.221605.20843@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@assari.tut.fi (USENET News System) Organization: Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland. Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: francis@daisy.uchicago.edu's message of 16 Oct 90 22:16:05 GMT The idea of sideways scrolling menubar is one of the best I've seen lately. The hanging of such a thing wouldn't be any bigger problem than hanging of a scrolling menu (never happened to me so far). Maybe this is one of the thing Apple should have thought of (anyone on Apple listening). It isn't that uncommon to run out of menubar space these days, at least for those of us using the traditional 9 inch monitor (or those going to use the new 12 inch ones!). Normally all programs can include their own menus into menubar, no swet, but add up MacroMaker and perhaps QuickMail or anything similar and it's time for a bigger monitor. If you don't believe this try PageMaker forinstance, you'll see. I have recently ran into this same problem when using MPW with several "user defined" menus (Directory, Build, Lookup, and then two of my own, both full-screen-legtht) and I can't see MacroMaker menu anymore. Actually I've solved my problem, but it's not generally applicable (well maybe...), but then again you should have some extra space for DA's for example. If anyone on Apple sees this thread, I'd like to hear their comment on it! -- Tero Nieminen Tampere University of Technology n67786@lehtori.tut.fi Tampere, Finland, Europe