Vista/7 menus change also depending on what is going on. I don't recall menus appearing in DOS...but I never used it that much. TBO, I never knew the ALT key brought up the old style menus from win2k/xp etc in vista/7...I like the new system.
I think some users are still used to older systems when you did have to worry about programs running in the background. I like knowing what is running just because, I like being able to minimize something and know it's still running, I like to be able to close something and know it's closed. That doesn't seem that much to ask. On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:37 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > * What's the usefulness of the Apple menu bar that morphs with each >>> application and leaves apps running and consuming memory and file >>> locking in place when you are done with the program but >>> unknowingly only close the app window. You have to be an >>> experienced user to avoid the complications unnecessarily and >>> clumsily caused by the archaic menu bar design. >>> >> > > First time I used Vista, I couldn't find menus in most of the programs. > Then I hit the ALT key and the menus appeared--JUST LIKE IN *DOS*. Now > THAT'S really archaic. Apple menus change because the apps have different > purposes. Different menus are good. Fitting "square pegs into round holes" > as a menu metaphor is pointless. > > It's more efficient for workflow to leave programs open in the background > to go back and forth even where windows aren't always open. I usually have > five or six programs running and use them all. No need to close and reopen > programs that are being used most of the time anyway, unless you don't care > about wasting time--that's just bad design. My Mac has enough memory and a > fast processor to handle the traffic. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
