Linked by Kevin Adams on Thu 26th Dec 2002 03:38 UTC
Pahtz writes: "A very alpha release of The Humane Environment (THE) for MacOS was made on Christmas Eve. Jef Raskin, creator Apple's Macintosh, and author of the book "The Humane Interface", is the leader of the open-source THE Development Team."
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"OK! That menu bar! You're right, it's better in Mac OS."
Jeff Raskin quite rightly stresses the advantages of having the menu
bar attached to the screen in his book.
However, on the Mac, this can be confusing because the menus keep
changing depending on which program window (or the backdrop) is
active. On the Amiga, each program has its own screen with its own
menu bar, so the user is not confused. You can see from the look of
the screen which program is running, and you expect to see that
program's menus.
The screen(program)-switching menu is on the top right corner, a good
Fitt's Law position.
The next question is which is better, menus that stay open after you
click them, or menus that close as soon as you release the mouse
button. IMO the latter are faster and more efficient in use, but a bit
harder to learn for beginners. However, one is not a beginner for more
than a day or two.