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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Menus in NDA windows
Message-ID: <37287@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Dec 89 07:23:48 GMT
References: <13980.chatter.infoapple@pro-beagle>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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[somebody writes]
>Unless there is a trick to make a pop-up menu look almost exactly like a
>pulldown menu in an NDA, I personally would recommend against people
>putting a pop-up in their info bar (with some exceptions).  
[...]
>Maintain the 'look and feel' of the Apple Interface, it is there for
>a reason.

Mark Munz writes:
>Sorry, I just had to laugh.  If you look over on the Macintosh side
>of the world, you'll find that menus that are attached to Window Title
>bars are quite common. (MicroSoft's Word has buttons and pull down 
>menus all over the place, including the Ruler)

Note that the original recommendation (attribution lost) was against
putting POP-UP menus in info bars, not against regular pull-down
menus.  I agree--a "bar" of pop-ups would be weird  & have no
advantage over a bar of pull-downs.
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