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From: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante)
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Subject: Re: A/UX window systems, Mac tool...( Hum Interface)
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Date: 9 Mar 88 14:12:51 GMT
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In article <1743@ssc-vax.UUCP> benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) writes:
>
>The waste is in the pixels the menu-bar uses.   The workstation menus
>are popup...therefore do not clutter the screen.  You click your mouse
>and presto. :) 

Many machines  provide some type of status bar that occupies a small part of
the screen.  It does not seem unreasonable to maintain pertainent information
in a viewable place.  Examples of such data that I use are: time, disk/cpu/
network running lights, message window (for incoming mail notices, meeting
notices, etc.).



Mark Interrante                                               CIS Department
                                                       University of Florida
Internet:  mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu                      Gainesville, FL  32611
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