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Re: My GWorkspace feature request


From: MJ Ray
Subject: Re: My GWorkspace feature request
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:52:48 -0000
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Ian Jones <ia_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> My personal view on this is that I see absolutely no harm in contextual
> menus at all, as long as the options they provide are available by
> other means. They provide an intuitive shortcut for those who know
> that they exist, novice users and the people who don't know or don't
> care if they are there aren't losing out on anything.

Please see my recent message in reply to the claim that developers would
follow UIG.  Also remember that "intuitive" is a value-free adjective in
user interfaces: what is intuitive is what you know.  We still shouldn't
implement others' mistakes.

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