nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA (10/08/85)
1) Pull down
2) Pop up
3) Drop down
4) None of the above
5) All of the above
*** MEANWHILE ***
Regardless of which of the above terms applies to which menus (Max vs. GEM)
I believe the specific difference is that the mac menus appear when the
mouse button is clicked while the pointer is pointing to the menu name,
whereas the GEM menus fall out whenever the pointer crosses the name, without
waiting for a click (this feature, which DRI was hoping would make it
different enough from the mac scheme, has been the subject of some grumbling
by people who lose the menus by pointing off the bottoms of them.... It's
like working w/ a tightly rolled scroll that disappears when you remove
your hand from the bottom.....but falls open at the touch of a finger...)
-Richard Hartman
max.hartman@ames-vmsb
NOTE: I have not worked w/ the GEM interface at all, and only a little
w/ the mac. The above comments are based on articles read & personal
(2nd hand) gripes.
-rmh
(My avocado plant has no knowledge of my doings here....)
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