Re: [Usability] New Menubars

2009-04-16 Thread Anton Kerezov
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Calum Benson wrote: > Yes, this was introduced in OS X 10.5, although it's a little more hidden > than the proposals here. In OS X, a search box appears on the Help menu, > and searches both menu items and help topics as you type. If you select a > menu item fro

Re: [Usability] New Menubars

2009-04-16 Thread Allan Day
Anton, everyone, I really like the new menubars idea. Definitely worth exploring some more. > I'd like to point you to the approach taken by the Ubiquity project > (see: > > http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ > > ), which in turn takes ideas from Quicksilver and Launchbar. T

Re: [Usability] New Menubars

2009-04-16 Thread Anton Kerezov
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Allan Day wrote: > Anton, everyone, > > I really like the new menubars idea. Definitely worth exploring some > more. Sure! Some animated mockups will do a good job but unfortunately there is no such software in for Linux that I'm aware of. Anton - if you're t

Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 60, Issue 7

2009-04-16 Thread Jacob Beauregard
That is one of the most impressive mockups I have ever seen. I don't think the alt+key functionality is a total pitfall, but a consistent and obvious means to reveal them doesn't seem like it would require too much cleverness. What's a more difficult question is the ctrl+shortcuts. The other con