Rev Menus [was Re: Location of stack]

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Wieder wrote:

> Point taken. The fact that there needs to be an explanation at all,
> though, and that it's something that comes up frequently on the list,
> is an indicator that something needs work.

Perhaps what it's telling us is that we should take Steve Jobs' advice 
and stop making cross-platform apps. ;)

While people use the term "intuitive" for computing, little if anything 
about it is truly intuitive.  Like operating a car, operating a computer 
must be learned; and making cars requires even more learning, as does 
making software.  When making multi-platform software, the number of 
things you need to learn multiplies by the number of platforms you 
design for.  That there's an explanation merely tells us we're making 
something.


On Mac and Win, the space required by the menu bar is almost the same. 
The difference is that the Mac has one common menu bar detached from the 
windows at the top of the monitor, and Windows has the menu bar attached 
to the window itself.

I can think of no solution for adding something to a window in a way 
that doesn't add it to the window.

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