Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!bentley!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!marie From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie desJardins) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Re: default menu item selection Message-ID: <365@harvard.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 13:49:43 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.365 Posted: Tue Feb 5 13:49:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 03:30:52 EST References: <722@ihuxa.UUCP> <778@sdcsla.UUCP> <1336@orca.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 19 Ken Warner: > My point is pums wouldn't be needed if there was enough electronic > workspace to have all necessary menus and the task at hand visible at > all times. I'd prefer to have a workspace that's reasonably compact, sitting right in front of me. If I want to change the task at hand, I have no objection to pulling down the menu -- it's much more convenient than hunting around a desk for a file folder, for example. I have some objections to being forced to use the pull-down menus for simple commands (this happens a lot on the macintosh) -- I'd much prefer to be able to use keyboard commands when I want to. But I do think that the compactness is one of the beauties of these systems. (Not that a somewhat bigger screen wouldn't be nicer, but you must admit it's easier to keep yourself organized when you're somewhat limited.) Marie desJardins marie@harvard