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From: diamant@hpfclp.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: 3 button systems (was  A/UX window systems, Mac toolbox, etc)
Message-ID: <10700001@hpfclp.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 88 06:43:13 GMT
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Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO
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> Pull-down menus allow for that wonderfully simple *1* button mouse.

Pull-down menus do not allow for a 1 button mouse more than other menus.
Pull-down menus are nothing more than a hierarchical menu (like cascading
or walking menus) which can only be activated from a particular hotspot.
I see no difference functionally (in terms of the number of mouse buttons
you need) in a system that uses pull-down menus and one that uses
a pop-up cascading menu only available from a title bar.

John Diamant
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