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From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Pull down menus.
Message-ID: <1440@csib.csi.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 88 22:38:38 GMT
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In article <7398@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Gregory Dow) writes:
>I've been thinking about an extension to the standard Mac interface where
>a multiple-button mouse is simulated using modifier keys.  I propose that
>option-clicking (or control-clicking) should display a hierarchical popup menu
>of the titles in the menu bar.  For example, in a simple program with just
>an Apple, File, and Edit menu, you would get the following:

A nice idea, somebody beat you to it.  PopIt! was just uploaded recently
to Genie (or CompuServe) and does exactly what you are suggesting.  It
is an INIT and uses SHIFT-CMD-Button press as the key (switching the
cursor to a pop-up menu cursor).  Looks just like you were suggestion.
In additon, under multifinder it adds a menu of applications.  I look into
posting it to comp.binaries.mac (although I still don't know if my last
posting made it, yet).

>
>  Gregory Dow			ARPA:   elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu


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