On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:59 AM, <lu...@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
>> personally, i agree it makes the button 2 menu too long. i'd remove
>> cut, paste, and probably snarf, since i almost always do them by
>> chording anyway.
>
> That is a good suggestion. Look, Prev and Next would all be useful
> and long menus are only a problem on small screens. I keep using
> Snarf, I think there are some conditions when it is actually needed or
> at least much simpler than 1-sweep, +2, +3.
Here's a crazy thought: how about 2D menus?
cut
paste
snarf
prev plumb next
send
scroll
(Assuming plumb was the most recently used option.)
This leaves the basic menu as-is, and adds the new options as if they
were "mouse gestures": for "next", middle-click, move mouse a drop
right, release; &c. I wouldn't add more than one option on either side
of the menu, but as I've laid it out there is no more need to look at
the menu to accomplish what you want, or think about what's there,
than there is now.
—Joel
<ducks for cover>
