Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!ukma!memstvx1!utkcs2!emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!apple.com!rmh From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 7.0 on an LC is sloow... Message-ID: <13632@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 23 May 91 23:29:27 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 27 References:<674629203.2@macgate.fidonet> <3664@hsi86.hsi.com> In article yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: > > OK, how do you get rid of the help icon in the menubar? I think > this is what most people mean when they say "turn ballon help off". Do you really need to get rid of it? It doesn't get in the way when balloon help is turned off. Even the little icon in the menu bar will go away, automatically, when an application has so many menus that there isn't room for the help menu. I can't think of any reason to eradicate it altogether unless the very icon offends your eye. (De gustibus non disputandum est.) And there's a reason to leave it. It is destined to become the place to look for all application help. Today, every app invents its own place to put the on-line help button or menu item: its own menu, a menu item in one of the application menus, a menu item in the Apple menu, a button in the About box. The system help menu gives all apps a standard place to put their own help menu items - not just balloon help - and you'll be seeing this more and more as System 7 aware apps and upgrades appear. ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 3-PK | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."