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From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu ( ISR group account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 7 question
Keywords: MultiFinder
Message-ID: <1618@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 89 15:10:56 GMT
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Reply-To: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
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In article <1353@unocss..unl.edu> dent@unocss..unl.edu (LocalSubmission)writes
>That's the realistic solution.  What I would much rather see is this: (and thi
>has no chance until the "Compact Mac" line is dead, so in other words, it will
>never happen.)  Put the menubar for an application /in/ that application's
>window, and leave the menubar at the top of the screen for exclusive use by the
>"Finder".  This eliminates a /very/ modal aspect of the MultiFinder interface
>

Yes! I think it's a great idea. It could be done so it woudn't take up any
more room - instead of putting the menu IN the window, replace the Title Bar
with a MenuBar, Perhaps in a format such as:
 AppName  File   Edit   Menu     Menu   Menu     ZoomBox

The AppName Menu could be handled not by the App, but by Multifinder
itself, and could provide the DA's, About MF, and perhaps a couple new
choices which it should provide: Move Backwards,MoveToBack, and Stack.
(MoveToFront is of course not needed)
Stack would "stack up" the windows so they'd appear the way ResEdit
opens things up- nicely lined up so you can see the TitleBar. (MenuBar
is this case)

The only problem I can think of now with it is small-width windows
woudn't provide all the menus, but again, that can be handled by MF, just
by providing "scrolling" of the last menu as you go off the edge of the
menubar with the button held down.
This would give instant id of which program is in front, and with the
Stack option, where each program's window was for easy switching.

Apple, Do It !!!!

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