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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Draggable menus
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-05-01 18:13:24
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#if Steven D'Aprano
> > BTW, did anyone ever consider, aehm, NeXT-like menues? They "sit" in the
> > upper left corner of the screen and are arranged _vertically_ 
> 
> Is that anything like the menus used in AfterStep? I've seen
> screenshots of them, never seen them in action. I'm a little
> concerned, because (frankly) some of the implementations of
> hierachical menus I've seen under Linux haven't been very good.
> 
> KDE's hier menus are quite good, but (for instance) the Gimp's
> implementation is horrible! And *every* menu under the Gimp is a hier
> menu. Oh my aching mouse wrist :-(

Well, just take the usual menubar and make it vertical.

You'll see what it's like when it's working.

> That would be Fitts' "not so much a law, more of a guideline", yes?
> :-)

Oh yes, pardon me ;)

Rik

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