Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
On 2008-05-31, Robin Chew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Currently you have to mouse press and hold on to the tab in order for
the context menu to pop up. The menu will disappear on mouse release.
I hate the mainstream menus that only show up after you release
the button, and where you have to press somewhere outside the menu
to close it. Totally unintuitive. (I also hate the arbitrary mainstream
menu placement, as witnessed by the Window Maker (NeXTStep?) style
fixed placement and scrolling in Ion.)
I think the Macintosh interface does menus/pop-up menus right by
demonstrating that the two methods are not mutually exclusive: if you
click and hold, the menu appears; you make your selection by releasing
over an item, or if you change your mind you release away form the menu
and it disappears (like in Ion). But if you click and release, the menu
stays open and you either click on an item to select it, or you click
away from the menu to dismiss it (like most modern menus).
Anyway, I would echo Robin's request, mostly because the
click-once-to-display method is much easier when using a stylus on a
tablet. I plan to compile a list of features that would make Ion easier
to use on a tablet pc which I'll post to the ion3+ wishlist thread.
- Chris Burkhardt
