Exactly! Well said...
What's not to like about such intuitive and inclusive simplicity of
function?
db
mike wrote:
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 <b1sun...@yahoo.es> 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.
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