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<blockquote data-quote="remain" data-source="post: 437965" data-attributes="member: 23182"><p>I'm afraid I'd have to disagree.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps this was true in the Classic Mac OS, but since the advent of OS X, Apple's philosophy of "every command available through the menu bar" has been slowly going out the window. (especially in Tiger)</p><p></p><p>Mac OS X has slowly relied more and more on context (right-click) menus.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Examples:</p><p></p><p>-Open the Spotlight window (type something in Spotlight then click Show All, or press Option Command Space).</p><p>You'll notice that the menu bar isn't a "Spotlight menu bar"; it'll just be the menu bar of whatever app you were in before, except all the menu items are inactive.</p><p>As such:</p><p>1) So you can't use Edit > Cut/Copy/Paste for the search box. You must use the context menu.</p><p>2) Once you do a search, you can't select an item and use the menu bar to do commands on the selection.</p><p>You must use the context menu. (which, BTW, has these commands: Open, Get Info..., Reveal in Finder, Slideshow, Mail, Create Workflow...)</p><p></p><p></p><p>-In the Finder, there are certain commands that are not in the menu bar, for some reason.</p><p>1)Show Package Contents for apps.</p><p>2) Slideshow. Only available in the context menu.</p><p></p><p>Now it's true that for the above 2, one could use the Action menu on the Toolbar instead, which is sort of "cheating," because the Action menu basically <strong>is</strong> the context menu. But I suppose you could consider that those can still be done without right-clicking.</p><p></p><p>However, there are 2 exceptions to this:</p><p>1) Items on the Desktop, since there's no toolbar.</p><p>2) Menu items from plugins in Contextual Menu Items folder, such as the Automator menu; these can only be reached through the context menu; they're unavailable even in the Action menu.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-The commands in the Finder Sidebar's context menu are not available in the menu bar either.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-In System Preferences, "Remove [name of pref pane] Preference Pane" (for 3rd party pref panes) is only available in the context menu.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-In the text fields of Cocoa apps (e.g., Safari, TextEdit, etc.), the commands Spelling, Font, Speech, Writing Direction. (though Speech is available in the Services menu)</p><p></p><p></p><p>-In iTunes, "Check Selection" and "Uncheck Selection" are only available in the context menu.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-etc. etc. etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've noticed tons of little examples like this over time.</p><p></p><p>Also, have you noticed that in every new version of OS X, they add more and more items to the context menu of the Finder (as well as other apps).</p><p>Back in 10.2, the Finder context menu had like 1-3 items; it now has 5-10.</p><p>And from what I've seen in preview pictures of Leopard, it would seem they've now added View As and Arrange By to it. (kinda reminds me of... Windows)</p><p></p><p>In any case, all this to say that like it or not, context menus are now fairly important, sometimes even necessary, in OS X.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[note]</p><p></p><p>Man, this has turned into such a long post. XD</p><p></p><p>Ah well, I'm a stickler for UI and UI details. ;p</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remain, post: 437965, member: 23182"] I'm afraid I'd have to disagree. Perhaps this was true in the Classic Mac OS, but since the advent of OS X, Apple's philosophy of "every command available through the menu bar" has been slowly going out the window. (especially in Tiger) Mac OS X has slowly relied more and more on context (right-click) menus. Examples: -Open the Spotlight window (type something in Spotlight then click Show All, or press Option Command Space). You'll notice that the menu bar isn't a "Spotlight menu bar"; it'll just be the menu bar of whatever app you were in before, except all the menu items are inactive. As such: 1) So you can't use Edit > Cut/Copy/Paste for the search box. You must use the context menu. 2) Once you do a search, you can't select an item and use the menu bar to do commands on the selection. You must use the context menu. (which, BTW, has these commands: Open, Get Info..., Reveal in Finder, Slideshow, Mail, Create Workflow...) -In the Finder, there are certain commands that are not in the menu bar, for some reason. 1)Show Package Contents for apps. 2) Slideshow. Only available in the context menu. Now it's true that for the above 2, one could use the Action menu on the Toolbar instead, which is sort of "cheating," because the Action menu basically [B]is[/B] the context menu. But I suppose you could consider that those can still be done without right-clicking. However, there are 2 exceptions to this: 1) Items on the Desktop, since there's no toolbar. 2) Menu items from plugins in Contextual Menu Items folder, such as the Automator menu; these can only be reached through the context menu; they're unavailable even in the Action menu. -The commands in the Finder Sidebar's context menu are not available in the menu bar either. -In System Preferences, "Remove [name of pref pane] Preference Pane" (for 3rd party pref panes) is only available in the context menu. -In the text fields of Cocoa apps (e.g., Safari, TextEdit, etc.), the commands Spelling, Font, Speech, Writing Direction. (though Speech is available in the Services menu) -In iTunes, "Check Selection" and "Uncheck Selection" are only available in the context menu. -etc. etc. etc. I've noticed tons of little examples like this over time. Also, have you noticed that in every new version of OS X, they add more and more items to the context menu of the Finder (as well as other apps). Back in 10.2, the Finder context menu had like 1-3 items; it now has 5-10. And from what I've seen in preview pictures of Leopard, it would seem they've now added View As and Arrange By to it. (kinda reminds me of... Windows) In any case, all this to say that like it or not, context menus are now fairly important, sometimes even necessary, in OS X. [note] Man, this has turned into such a long post. XD Ah well, I'm a stickler for UI and UI details. ;p [/QUOTE]
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