Re: Mac OS X 10.1 Dock Menu Description and APIs
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 Dock Menu Description and APIs
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 Dock Menu Description and APIs
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:34:24 +0200
l.,
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>>>>> l.m.orchard (lmo) wrote at Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:51:31 -0400:
lmo> And I've been wondering if there's not some better way to present
lmo> Services. I mean, I'm in Mail right now, and to get to my thesaurus or
lmo> my URL download service, I have to click Mail -> Services -> Downloader
lmo> -> Get URL. Four levels deep. Yuck. How about a more prominent placement
lmo> on the menu bar, or even on the dock. Maybe some more contextual menus?
(i) Services always were at the top menu level, ask Apple why they moved a
level below. (ii) Tearoff menus.
lmo> I'm thinking that Services can be an amazing system once more apps start
lmo> implementing them, but if they're buried that deep in the UI, my Mom
lmo> will never use them. Hell, even the word "Services" would keep my Mom
lmo> from even clicking on that menu option. Yeah, yeah, I know there are
lmo> keyboard shortcuts, but there aren't that many to use, and you have to
lmo> have explored and memorized your available services first.
User-defined shortcuts.
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