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From: BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu (Ben Liblit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: idea -- sideways scrolling menu bar
Message-ID: <90289.160406BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 90 20:04:06 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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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
                            BRL102 @ psuvm.bitnet -- BRL102 @ psuvm.psu.edu
                            "Fais que tes reves soient plus longs que la nuit."