It doesn't matter what we call them. They look like pop-up menus, so they're confusing to users.
Also, the behavior of these combined button/menu "widgets" in Entourage is confusing in other subtle wayas. Pop up a new draft window. Single-click the Options widget at the top of the screen. Bing, a menu drops down and sticks open. Same with Signature. Do the SAME EXACT ACTION for Categories, and you get a dialog box. Yes, it's actually a different kind of widget with a tiny little menu target next to it, but that's too subtle. There's an easy solution to this problem. In the notification window, place a standard pop-up menu and a standard button. Default the pop-up to a user-settable default snooze value. Snoozing for the default amount of time is still a single click, and users can use standard pop-up menu behavior to interact with the pop-up menu. Yes, it would make the dialog slightly larger. If you just can't abide by a larger dialog, then use the same kind of widget that the Categories item uses. > I disagree, actually. What you call popups, I call buttons that have a > secondary popup function. These buttons behave in exactly the same way as > many of the buttons in Entourage: Clicking the button immediately performs > the action (i.e. Send & Receive) but clicking and holding reveals a pop-up > window with more options (i.e. list of accounts). I would simply add the > down-arrow to the direct-right of the buttons so they appear the same as > other Entourage buttons (clicking directly on the arrow immediately drops > down the options). > > Eddie Hargreaves -- "Buy a Mac and be thought a fool or buy a Windows box and remove all doubt." -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
