[shell-coding] Re: Menus

I understood the purpose.   But my point still stands that the current way
is just simpler
to implement, and people get used to wasting time opening menus so no one
has put
the effort into making a better menu system.  Heh, anyway, go forth and
amaze us. I'd
like to see this idea implemented.  Just not by me... I use hotkeys :)

chris


----- Original Message -----
From: <Jaykul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <shell-coding@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 12:30 AM
Subject: [shell-coding] Re: Menus


> Actually ... the AskTog point isn't about keeping the menu open, it's
about opening it
> QUICKLY in the first place!  In other words, instead of having to slow
down their mouse
> down to make sure they get the right menu ... the program makes a
judgement about
> whether the user is trying to move their mouse _horizontally_ instead of
vertically ...
>     The bottleneck is the passage between the first-level menu and the
second-level
>     menu. Using Windows, users have to slide across just right, least they
slip down to
>     the next menu at the last moment. ... the V-shaped buffer zone allows
users to make
>     an increasingly-greater error as they neared the hierarchical without
fear of
>     jumping to an unwanted menu!
> So, anyway ... a LOT of the useability issues he discusses are about
productivity, about
> trying to let the user do work faster without making mistakes.  My pet
peave about windows
> is that there isn't an obvious way to create interface elements that are
against a screen
> edge (and therefore easier to click on).  You can do it, but NOT using
standard windows
> gui elements ... and therefore, NOONE does it.
>
> ::Jaykul
>
> > simple and obvious concept.  And although it is more elegant of a
solution
> > then a simple timeout delay, where a sub menu stays displayed for n ms
> > before disapearing, it wouldn't seem to offer much more for the effort
then
> > the timer base solution.
> >
> > chris
>
> --
> ::Jaykul
> Jaykul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://fragmentized.com/jaykul
>

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