Re: PROPOSAL: UISG Menu Line Standardization

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

> >Why not mandate that the edit menu be there anyway?  What if it pops down
> >and copy/paste/cut/clear/whatever are disabled?  It seems to me that a
> >disabled edit menu makes more sense because, as "consistency is king" (not
> >my phrase), it makes applications consisent.
> 
> This is like an advertisment for a product that is not there.
> It would look like a feature which is not yet implemented.
> 
> I vote for Edit mandatory, t.i. with Bowies Proposal on that isue.
> But if Edit makes sense it has to be there.
> 
> Stephan

Exactly. If |Edit| is irrelevant for an application, it shouldn't even be
on the menu bar in the first place..In a situation like that, having
|Edit| there makes about as much sense as |Ride A Pony| ..It makes no
sense, so why do it?

Bowie