Mark Waddingham wrote:
It may be worth noting that there is no sanctioned API for that, as
Apple considers those menus to be exclusively for their own use:
Reserved for use by Apple, the right side of the menu bar
may contain items that provide feedback on and access to
certain hardware or network settings.
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGMenus/chapter_16_section_4.html>
Third-party programs which make such menus for themselves do so by
violating Apple's design mandate and effectively "hacking" the system.
I think the term 'hacking' used in this context is a little strong.
Since we now live in a world where clicking a "Cancel" button has been
characterized as "hacking", it seemed a fair enough usage here. ;)
But seriously, I'm just old enough to have different connotations for
"hacking". Back in the olden days it wasn't always a bad thing,
referring instead to any earnest poking around under the hood to get
unusual results, rather like hacking brush out of the way so more
interesting plants can flourish.
In regards to dock menus then - yes - useful things those and its nice
how they correlate (to some extent) with task-bar icons with menus on
Windows...
I just submitted a request for a new iconMenu stack property, with
accompanying iconMenuPick message:
<http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3339>
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