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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What are menus?
Keywords: IR remotes menus desktops and flashy blinders
Message-ID: <5692@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 89 06:02:57 GMT
References: <3234@sugar.uu.net> <12907@steinmetz.ge.com> <10867@s.ms.uky.edu> <5666@cbmvax.UUCP> <12@netserv2.its.rpi.edu>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <12@netserv2.its.rpi.edu> scanner@netserv2.UUCP (Eric "Scanner" Luce) writes:
>In article <5666@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>>	No, I've got it: they represent a series of infrared remotes hanging
>>above your head.  Just pull one down and use it....  :-) :-)
> 
>I generally likened them to the useful little gadgets I had tucked away
>in the drawers and slots on the top of the desk, the IR remotes being
>to my left.. (So, what is a pop-up menu?)
>
>--Scanner

Why, a pop-up menu is pulling an IR remote from thin air, of course.

Actually, the sick thing is that some modern (and pretty cheap) VCRs have
"help" keys on their remotes, on-screen help, and menus.  That's it, pull-down
menus are a metaphor for VCR menus run by IR remote!  :-) :-)

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup