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From: wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf)
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Date: 8 Apr 88 07:47:02 GMT
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In article <8455@cisunx.UUCP> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
>
>The Amiga only has one menu bar along the top of the screen, and I never
>have any problems multi-tasking because of it.  In fact, what happens if
>your menu is larger than your window?  

The logical thing to happen if the menu-bar is larger than the window is that
it gets clipped.  I imagine that in this case, you can use sliders to see
the rest of it.
Also, just because you don't seem to have any problems doesn't invalidate
the original remark.  An example in which the above might be true:
Say you have one application that uses 4 or 5 different menu-bar headers
that are specific to its application.  And another has also 4-5 different
menu-bar headers that are particular to the application.  And for good measure,
lets throw in a couple of system-specific menu-bar headers (such as desk-acce-
sories, etc.).  If you have a single menu-bar, you either have to crunch
them all on the same line OR keep switching menu-bars whenever the top
window changes (when another application becomes active).
I for one, think a menu-bar per application-window is a great idea.

But, of course, that's just my humble opinion.  They may or may not be rational.


Tom Wolf



Tom Wolf
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