Re: The Help Menu

[Tim <hairball ibm net>]

Juri P Pakaste wrote:
> 
> Bowie Poag <bjp@primenet.com> writes:
> 
> > Probably because none exists. :) I see no reason to scrap "File" as
> > an appropriate menu item--why would you want to?
> 
[snip a little]
> 
> 'We no longer need to call the left-most menu the "File" menu. This
> older nomenclature is a bold reminder of how the technology pokes
> through the facade of our programs. We can label this menu after the
> type of document we are processing - for example, we can call it
> "Spreadsheet," "Invoice," or "Picture."'
> 
> Of course, this goes hand in hand with hiding several other things
> associated with handling files, and it seems unlikely to happen any
> time soon, although I think the idea is good.
> 
> --
> [ Juri Pakaste / juri@iki.fi / <URL:http://www.iki.fi/juri/> ]
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  I haven't heard anybody wanting to trash file; just add a new menu. 
Now I'm wondering; I like this idea.

Tim
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