Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!johnsone From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Why put that bloody menu bar on games!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1991May31.051618.21603@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 31 May 91 05:16:18 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 19 francis@math.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: > steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steven Howell) writes: > > I have been checking out games for a small collection that i wish to > > start, but most of them have that horrible "menu bar" at the top of them.. > > Every Mac program should have a menu bar. Without it, users can't do a > lot of the stuff that they expect to be able to do, such as switching > between programs. Arcade type games that use the whole screen should have some sort of option to show the menu bar. Perhaps between games, or when a game in progress is "Paused". This would allow the user to be able to access the menu bar if and when necessary, but then have the game hide the menu bar during actual play. Best of both worlds. Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student \ Internet: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering \ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \ AmericaOnline: ErikAJ