Brad,

          The button for "the main menu" in Chrome looks like three vertical 
lines, with rounded ends, stacked atop each other.  I've now seen multiple 
references to "the hamburger stack button" in Chrome, Firefox, and elsewhere.  
It is beginning to spread like a virus to be the "menu button menu."

           I don't know if I was tired and brain dead last night or if my 
computer was, but pressing ALT in Chrome then was doing nothing.  Tonight, an 
ALT press highlights the hamburger stack button and a down arrow makes the menu 
options appear.  It also lists the keyboard shortcuts for a number of the more 
commonly used functions, e.g., Ctrl+J for show downloads (also in a tab, not a 
dialog box), Ctrl+T for new tab, Ctrl+N for new Chrome window, etc.  I still 
don't like this nearly as much as the standard Windows menu conventions that 
have been present in virtually every Windows program for decades where ALT+ 
appropriate character brings up a menu and then pressing successive letters for 
functions under that menu, sub functions under sub menus, etc., can drill you 
down deep into the menu structure to get to what you need in a matter of a few 
keystrokes and seconds.

Brian

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