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From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie desJardins)
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Subject: Re: default menu item selection
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 13:49:43 EST
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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