Comments on: Context Menus Have Got To Go http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/ Writing about design, the user experience, web technologies, and the latest happenings on our online world. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jon http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jon Sun, 21 May 2006 23:40:49 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/#comment-108 <p>Context menus are fantastic, but linear context menus have serious interaction issues. I vastly prefer radial context menus. Try out the radial context menu for firefox.</p> Context menus are fantastic, but linear context menus have serious interaction issues. I vastly prefer radial context menus. Try out the radial context menu for firefox.

]]> By: ryan http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-107 ryan Sun, 21 May 2006 23:40:27 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/#comment-107 <p>Your right on with that one mike. A confirmation would have solved the problem.</p> Your right on with that one mike. A confirmation would have solved the problem.

]]> By: Mike http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Mike Sun, 21 May 2006 23:40:07 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/#comment-106 <p>Actually context menus are great. It's the crappy software developers that didn't program a dialog box when you're about to do something irreversibly destructive that need to go.</p> <p>Mike</p> Actually context menus are great. It’s the crappy software developers that didn’t program a dialog box when you’re about to do something irreversibly destructive that need to go.

Mike

]]> By: SteveC http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-105 SteveC Sun, 21 May 2006 23:39:46 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/#comment-105 <p>Gotta love confirmation screens really.</p> Gotta love confirmation screens really.

]]> By: Paolo http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Paolo Sun, 21 May 2006 23:39:16 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/context-menus-have-got-to-go/#comment-104 <p>I can't stand nested menus. Especially the ones that create multiple columns of choices. Really, at this point I think it's time to observe a three click rule. Everything that a person should need should be within a maximum of three clicks.</p> <p>Personally, I think that most mail programs need major GUI overhauls. Gmail is one of the better ones but that's not saying much.</p> I can’t stand nested menus. Especially the ones that create multiple columns of choices. Really, at this point I think it’s time to observe a three click rule. Everything that a person should need should be within a maximum of three clicks.

Personally, I think that most mail programs need major GUI overhauls. Gmail is one of the better ones but that’s not saying much.

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