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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Deeply Nested Menus (Re: YAWS (Yet Another Workbench Suggestion))
Message-ID: <2506@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 88 19:35:55 GMT
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In article <138@quintus.UUCP> pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes:
)
)Speaking of pausing over menu items, the Xerox Lisp window system has a
)really nice feature that I haven't seen in any of its imitators:  a
)message window.  On that system, if you hold over a menu item for more
)than a second or so, a message is put into this window saying briefly
)what would happen if you selected this menu item.  This is REALLY nice:
)self-documenting menus!
)-Peter Schachte

This is one of the things I like about Lotus 123.  Talk about keyboard
mnemonics, by the way.  And another benefit of the visicalc/lotus
UI is that it is easy to describe to someone how to select an action.

"You type /WOGY" (or whatever) as opposed to "From the Workstation menu,
select Options, select the Group option and click on "Yes" in the
confirmation dialogue box."

I mean, some people are in a hurry.

Followups to comp.sys.amiga, please.

	jimm
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