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This problem was traditionally solved with menu bars (File, Edit, View etc.). Every action in the app would be listed somewhere in the menu, spelled out in tex
by eirikbakke 2y ago
This problem was traditionally solved with menu bars (File, Edit, View etc.).
Every action in the app would be listed somewhere in the menu, spelled out in text and with the icon and keyboard shortcut listed next to it if available.
That user interface tradition was eventually lost, first with ribbons, and then with web apps.
- int_19h 2y agoThis is one thing that I've grown to appreciate about macOS screen-top menu bars. Even though I dislike them conceptually on the basis that there shouldn't be a disconnect between the menu and the thing that it operates on, the fact that every app is forced to have a menu bar means that UX designers have to, at least, spend some time thinking on what to put in there, so that it doesn't look silly completely empty except for the system menu.