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From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: How to Change MS WORD 3.0 Menu Names?
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Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 14:40:32 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 28 14:40:32 1987
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Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
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>>You can complain that Microsoft "didn't do it right" by not using MENU resour-
>>ces, but then look closely at how they are wildly changing those menus dynam-
>>ically and you will understand. It should make internationalizing their program
>>more difficult for someone, though. Maybe this is a weak point of the resource
>>concept? (There - that should be ground for a holy war!)
>	Then again, the problem would have been solved for all concerned
>	by using STR# or STR resources.

Yes, that's true and has been pointed out to me by several kindly folks. It is
better. BUT, what if joe user wants to change the keyboard equivalents (not that
ANY are available in MS Word 3.0 :-) )? Or wants to change the style of one of
the menu items, or add an icon, or any of the other variables that the original
MENU resource gives control over?

Perhaps if someone actually pointed out to Microsoft that there is a set of
Macintosh User Interface Guidelines they would lay off with the collections of
assembled quirks they use for interfaces. I like their program, but it really
seens like it belongs on a PC or something else out of the last decade . . .

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc. (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)