Re: Windows Shell integration

["Branko Collin" <collin xs4all nl>]

On 26 Apr 2006 at 12:36, Nick Moore wrote:

> I agree with kd3. The menus are too big. Fortunately, you can remove some by
> editing the .dia properties (in a Windows folder go Tools/Folder
> Options/File Types, find the dia file type and click the advanced button),
> however, it would be better if dia did use a sub-menu.

Is there a Windows programming styleguide for this issue? 

Hm, apparently there is, it's called "The Windows Interface 
Guidelines for Software Design: An Application Design Guide", and you 
can buy it in a book store. :-\

Microsoft's online guide "User Interface Design and Development" 
(<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/dnanchor/html/anch_uidesigndev.asp>) contains stuff about menus, 
but a quick glance did not reveal any usability considerations. I did 
not look very hard, though.
-- 
branko collin
collin xs4all nl