[MACTCL] Re: Right-click

[Benjamin R. <Ben...@ep...>]

Hi Jon,


Jon Guyer <jg...@hi...> writes:
> Eh? Contextual menus, and control-clicking to get them,
> significantly predate OS X.

I thought somebody would catch me on that ;-).  Yes context menus
exist since some version before Mac OS X.  Anyway, most Mac users that
I know of are not aware of them or use them.

> It's not a Finder convention. It's a HIG stipulation and has been
> for a very long time.

Users don't read the HIG (even lots of developers don't).  Also if the
HIG should differ from actual applications, the actual applications
set the precedence.


benny