Re: System contextual menus
Re: System contextual menus
- Subject: Re: System contextual menus
- From: David Catmull <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:23:00 -0800
on 1/31/02 11:02 AM, Dan Crevier <email@hidden> wrote:
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I think it's very confusing to the user to have these completely different
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UIs for the same thing. I wish Apple would just show the Services at the
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bottom of contextual menus intermixed with the contextual menu plugs. And,
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contextual menu plugins should show up in the Services menu.
Services are organized hierarchically in submenus; submenus are discouraged
in contextual menus because part of the purpose of CMs is simplicity.
Despite the similarities between Services and CM plugins, pretending they're
the same thing is only a temporary solution, and not one I'm entirely
comfortable with. What we really need is a superset of both, combining
things like the convenience of contextual menus and the power of exchanging
data between a Service provider and the client.
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David Catmull
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http://www.uncommonplace.com/