Xref: utzoo comp.windows.misc:1009 comp.sys.next:1271 comp.sys.mac:25183 comp.cog-eng:892 comp.sys.amiga:27870 comp.sys.atari.st:13428 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!R_Tim_Coslet From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: What are menus? Message-ID: <13579@cup.portal.com> Date: 15 Jan 89 22:12:00 GMT References: <3234@sugar.uu.net> <1472@zen.UUCP> <2308@nunki.usc.edu> <2470@ssc-vax.UUCP> <849@laura.UUCP> <13@estinc.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 In article: <13@estinc.UUCP> fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) writes: >In article <849@laura.UUCP> hmm@laura.UUCP (Hans-Martin Mosner) writes: >>This has actually been done. I think it is called 'active agents' or something >>like that. For example, instead of dragging a file into a trashcan, you >>would drag an eraser onto a file. > >How about an icon of a nuke. You drag it over and drop it on your file >and you get a little dissolving mushroom shaped cloud... :-) Might that not be a bit of overkill? What if the blast wipes out a nearby file too? And then there is the fallout.... ... .. . (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) -: :-) (-: :-) R. Tim Coslet Usenet: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com