Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bryan From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: PopUpMenu (was Re: random thoughts on iconification) Message-ID: <383@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 1 Jul 91 03:09:29 GMT References: <380@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Reply-To: bryan@cs.utexas.edu Organization: Spam Detection & Removal Squad, Austin, TX Lines: 23 Spam-Content: Negligible In article sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Thomas Farmer) writes: =-bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End) writes: =- =-> I've had NO bad interactions between PopUpMenu and any other programs, includ =-> VLT, so I'm surprised to hear about these GURUs. =- =-I wonder if there's two versions of Popupmenu around? =- =-I too had very serious problems when I installed Popupmenu which went =-away when I removed it. The rest of the time my system is very stable. =- The version I'm using is v3.5, according to the banner. As far as I know it's the latest version. =-I also wished Popupmenu just brough the bar down, rather than changing =-from a horizontal menu to a vertical one... =- If fishes were horses... I think vertical menus are better. It's more consistent---why make a special case of the first set of menu items? Also, vertical menus reduce the amount of mouse movement, which is the whole idea behind pop up menus.