On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:06 PM, G S wrote:

>> Welcome to the modern Mac platform where the frameworks try to ensure a 
>> coherent user experience, especially for basic controls.
> 
> How is this behavior "coherent"?
> 

> And "modern"?  You're kidding, right?


The controls are what they are and should be used as intended. 

The pop-up behavior for menus suggests selection. Pull-down suggests commands. 
The simple positioning of the menu really does communicate intent.

If you want your app to actually feel and act like a Mac app, I suggest you not 
try to change the behavior of a popup to replicate a "drop-down list" from 
another OS, simply because the menu would cover up a control that by definition 
would be currently unusable. Regardless of what control behavior you think is 
better, consistency within a platform is more important than consistency across 
platforms.



> Also, nothing
> indicates to the developer why the data-handling behavior of the
> control has changed simply because he chose an "up" or "down" style of
> opening.

You're correct. A sentence or two in the documentation would clear this up.


--
Seth Willits



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