"Menus can be dragged wherever you like (even off screen, and the two-button NEXTSTEP mouse will bring up the main menu if the right button is clicked -- this is, of course, optional behavior). In addition, submenus can be ripped off the main menu and placed anywhere on screen, for as long as you like. When this is done, the submenu sprouts a close button so that it can be removed. Menus also remember their location by app, so that the next time you start an app, the main menu (and all the submenus, if you have any laying around) will reappear wherever you left them."
http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/intro.htm ld/
I do think that the one button encourages good interface design practices for apps. I have gotten used to control + click but I think at this point everyone can grasp the 2 button mouse concept ( the guy who mentioned touchsceens had a good point wondering how you right click on a touch-screen ). On a Mac laptop I dont mind control + click but on a Mac desktop prefer using a logitec USB mouse.
I like the NeXT decision to encourage developers to avoid the dependancy of full functionality of the app to rely on the right button and to include the right button for people that like to use the contextual menu. Mac OS X is the descendant of NeXTStep and NeXt had the 2 button mouse. Even OS 8 and 9 had contextual menus. I think that they should break the old mac tradition and include a Apple Pro Mouse with 2 buttons already! Then again I kind of like the fact that right and left handed people have a mouse that's consistent if it only has one button. Grrrrrrrr I give up Apple (If you are reading this) never mind what I just said and just keep the dammed one button mouse standard!
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Completely unrelated but can you post a link to the "Navajo and the snake" tale??
"Menus can be dragged wherever you like (even off screen, and the two-button NEXTSTEP mouse will bring up the main menu if the right button is clicked -- this is, of course, optional behavior). In addition, submenus can be ripped off the main menu and placed anywhere on screen, for as long as you like. When this is done, the submenu sprouts a close button so that it can be removed. Menus also remember their location by app, so that the next time you start an app, the main menu (and all the submenus, if you have any laying around) will reappear wherever you left them." http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/intro.htm ld/
I do think that the one button encourages good interface design practices for apps. I have gotten used to control + click but I think at this point everyone can grasp the 2 button mouse concept ( the guy who mentioned touchsceens had a good point wondering how you right click on a touch-screen ). On a Mac laptop I dont mind control + click but on a Mac desktop prefer using a logitec USB mouse.
I like the NeXT decision to encourage developers to avoid the dependancy of full functionality of the app to rely on the right button and to include the right button for people that like to use the contextual menu. Mac OS X is the descendant of NeXTStep and NeXt had the 2 button mouse. Even OS 8 and 9 had contextual menus. I think that they should break the old mac tradition and include a Apple Pro Mouse with 2 buttons already! Then again I kind of like the fact that right and left handed people have a mouse that's consistent if it only has one button. Grrrrrrrr I give up Apple (If you are reading this) never mind what I just said and just keep the dammed one button mouse standard!