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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
Message-ID: <3193@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 31 Dec 88 15:25:56 GMT
References: <850@mtfmi.att.com> <673@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> <1489@umbc3.UMD.EDU> <5057@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <5057@garfield.MUN.EDU>, john13@garfield.MUN.EDU (John Russell) writes:
> In article <3173@sugar.uu.net>, peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> > Just being a troublemaker...
> > What object on the desktop are pull-down menus a metaphor for?

> Exactly. Although menus will probably need to be kept just for compatibility
> for people who are used to them, WB 1.4 should also include a completely
> iconic way to perform both the current and new menu functions.

You have it backwards. WB 1.4 should stop trying to look like the Mac and go
to pop-up menus. And dump the trashcan icon... it's really pretty daft.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva  `-_-'  Hackercorp.
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