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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: tearoff menus
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Date: 4 Dec 88 21:37:00 GMT
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stuartb@microsoft.UUCP(Stuart B) writes in comp.sys.mac

>In article <12962@duke.cs.duke.edu> ola@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Owen L. Astrachan) writes:
>     | I've just seen a Radius display that was quite nice in and
>     | of itself, but what I am most interested in is an INIT it
>     | came with that makes menus tearoff-able (good word).  This
>     | is a very nice feature that I'd like to be able to use on
>     | my Apple 13" color monitor.  Is there any software that
>     | allows for tearoff menus on other monitors?
>
>An entry in the last MacHacks conference, was a generic tearoff menu
>utility.
>
>It is a cdev called "Tear-Off Menus" from:
>
>		MindVision Software
> [ADDRESS DELETED]
>
>Apart from a review in the August 88 issue of MacTutor, I've heard nothing
>of this utiliy since.
>
	Mindvision Software is indeed working on a 'Generic Tear-Off' INIT - HOWEVER
it is still in development and at present they are not yet sure how  it will be
marketed when it is completed, so PLEASE DO NOT CALL THEM!!!  I promise that as
soon as more info is available, I will pass it along for them.
	They are also working on a 'Tear-Off Menu Developers Kit' which will allow
developers to Quickly and Easily turn their menus into TOM's.  This too is
under development but if you REALLY need it immediately, you can purchase it
for $50 from MindVision.
	
	I will be more than glad to answer any questions about the INIT or the 
Developers Kit as I have been testing both for a while now and am quite familiar
with both.  

Disclaimier: I have not other connection with MindVision than as a tester of 
their products - though I do hope they do well!

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