Re: NSMenu* and NSPopuUp* issues

[Jim Balhoff]

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 10:07  AM, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:

> no, it's also for usability. Do you know Fitt's Law
> (<http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html>)?
>
> Since the mac style menu resides on the top EDGE of the screen it is
> easier to hit. The best position according to Fitt's law is the point
> where your mouse is right now (means context menu), but here you don't 
> see
> the options you have at a glance (which is IMHO important for a novice
> user).

Which is why the NeXT-style vertical menu is so nice - the whole menu 
is available where your mouse is right now, with a right-click.  A 
novice user can still see the options available in the menu floating in 
the upper left corner, if they need.

(I would like it if a momentary right-click would leave the menu 
floating there, for a more leisurely look at what is available, instead 
of needing to hold down the right mouse button.  This is how the 
contextual menus in MacOS X work.  They disappear when you click 
anywhere outside of the menu.)

Jim