Xref: utzoo comp.cog-eng:561 comp.windows.misc:595 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!uvaarpa!virginia!uvacs!rwl From: rwl@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Ray Lubinsky) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Using kinesthetic memory for human interfaces Message-ID: <2516@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> Date: 7 Jul 88 12:38:24 GMT References: <3535@pdn.uucp><5034@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Organization: U.Va. CS in Charlottesville VA Lines: 20 In article <5034@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, lrbartram@watcgl.waterloo.edu (lyn bartram) writes: > How does SunTools make the last menu item selected the default - by leaving > the positions of the items on the menu the same and placing the cursor on the > particular item, or by shuffling the items and having the default always in > the same place? The ordering of the menu remains constant, but when it pops up your cursor is left over the last selection so that all you have to do is release the mouse button to choose that selection again. Is this a benefit? Sometimes, but in general (when you need to select something else) it takes a little cognitive effort to rescan the list from the top and either move up or down relative to your current position to make the other selection. -- | Ray Lubinsky, UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!uvacs!rwl | | Department of BITNET: rwl8y@virginia | | Computer Science, CSNET: rwl@cs.virginia.edu -OR- | | University of Virginia rwl%uvacs@uvaarpa.virginia.edu |