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From: hallett@hamlet.steinmetz (Jeff A. Hallett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Pull down menus.
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Date: 17 Mar 88 15:18:20 GMT
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In article <3313@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> fink@mist.UUCP (Paul Fink) writes:
>In article <7398@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Gregory Dow) writes:
>>In article <730@nuchat.UUCP> peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>>If nothing else, Apple has earned a big black mark for pull-down menus. Due
>>
>>Pull-down menus are fine on the original, small Mac screen, but can be
>>a pain with a large and/or mulitple monitor set up.  Tear-off menus
>
>No! No! No! I hate popup menus. Pull down menus work fine for me on any monitor.
>A menu bar with pull down menus lets you see what chioces you have and
>encourages you to browse. With multi-button mice and crtl key button

It appears that this is an endless discussion and for good reason.  It
is totally a matter of religion - people who like pulldown menus won't
give them up, the same for popup fanatics.  The beauty is they are
both right!!

This is a pointless discussion.  Paul is fully justified in his
defense of pulldown menus (I think he has summed up the major
advantages very well).  However, the popup people are fully justified
as well; on large screens it is a pain in unmentionable bodily areas
to run back up to the top whenever you need something.

It is my opinion that I like BOTH.  It is ok that Apple chooses the
menubar as the standard because when the PopIt! INIT is posted, I will
download it, pay the guy his $20 or whatever he wants and be happy as
a clam since I will have both at my disposal.  Ideally, Apple should
have some cdev that allows you to choose which you want and what
key+mouse combination would trigger the popup.  However, this may be
overly difficult and not really a big deal thanks to the little popup
menu INITs that are available.

Take care and happy mousing!


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