Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
- Subject: Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:38:06 +0200
Jonathan,
>
>>>>> Jonathan Hendry (JH) wrote at Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:01:04 -0500:
JH> >The Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines are accurate. The Close Window
JH> >command should be located within the File menu.
JH>
JH> Then why have a Window menu?
Mainly to make the application's window list accessible to user.
JH> Shouldn't minimize and 'bring all
JH> to front' also be under File?
Nope. They all logically belong to Window menu, _JUST LIKE "Close window"
COMMAND_!!!
JH> And what about windows that aren't associated with a File?
...for this precise reason. Under "File" (rather, document name, like
"Table" or "Sheet" or "Playground" or whatever the document is) there belongs
"Close document", which is something utterly different.
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