Re: fmenu

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:04:00 +0100
Tom <tom_at_lemuria.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 02:07:58PM +0100, Nils Faerber wrote:
> > Can it be done that tapping on a icon and keeping it pressed pops up a
> > menu after some timeout?
> please no - not only is it wince's stupid "let's emulate a 2nd mouse
> button" trick, it's also one of the DON'Ts of user-interface-design.
>
> there is no obvious way to learn about this functionality. wince needs
> a short tutorial on boot, much like win95 required the animated "click
> here to start" scroll. if you're forced to put crap like that in, it
> should really make you think about the concept, shouldn't it?

Hmm ... I mostly agree.
But in this case this feature could be hidden since the regular user does
not have to use it and we can save some screen space with it.

> if we want menus, there has to be a VISIBLE way. for example, use 2
> buttons instead of one - one for the icon, one for the name. clicking
> the icon launches the app, clicking the name tag opens a menu.
That might be an idea ;)

CU
  nils faerber

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