Xref: utzoo rec.games.misc:5961 comp.sys.mac:36092 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!indri!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!isle From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.mac Subject: User Interface pet peeve Message-ID: <14923@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 00:08:05 GMT References:<33840@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Followup-To: rec.games.misc Organization: Computer Resource Center, Dartmouth College Lines: 25 The first time I saw SFVolInit (StuffIt Utilities, by Raymond Lau), I thought it was really clever that he brings up a popup menu in any SFGet/PutFile dialog. Well, that was all well and good until everyone else started doing it. I know of at least three cdevs/INITs that do it: SFVolInit/StuffIt Deluxe FetchIt Boomerang (no longer does it -- THANK YOU!) I'm sure there's more. But now, from my point of view I have to sit here and choose which INIT I want to use and when, since otherwise, I'll have howevermany INITs duking it out for that little position. Come on, the authors who are designing these cdevs could add a little customizability so that say, a command-key brings up a popup, or put an icon somewhere else, or.... Ken Ken Hancock '90 | E-mail: (BITNET/UUCP/INTERNET) Computer Resource Center Consultant | isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.