Comments on: How Apple’s contextual menus violate the Human Interface Guidelines http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/ Thoughts about Apple and design Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:07:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: monoclast http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6388 monoclast Tue, 27 May 2008 04:33:46 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6388 Someone's been reading comp.sys.mac.* on Usenet... :) Someone’s been reading comp.sys.mac.* on Usenet… :)

]]> By: John Blackburn http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6386 John Blackburn Tue, 27 May 2008 03:23:12 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6386 Jason, yes I filed three UI enhancement requests for the ones I thought egregious enough to warrant it. Jason, yes I filed three UI enhancement requests for the ones I thought egregious enough to warrant it.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6385 Partners in Grime Tue, 27 May 2008 03:14:43 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6385 Great suggestions! Great suggestions!

]]> By: John Blackburn http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6384 John Blackburn Tue, 27 May 2008 03:05:22 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6384 Heatmiser, you're right about the misinterpretation. Safari only places the save and print commands in the contextual menu when nothing's selected in the window. I am not convinced, though, that the commands need be included then. Finder doesn't include them, neither does Mail, TextEdit, Preview, iChat, Address Book. or iWork (Keynote, Numbers, Pages). In fact, I couldn't find another app that does include them. If there's something special about Safari that makes saving and printing a Web page more important and frequently-accessed than those other apps, then adding those commands to the contextual menu makes sense. Do people save and print more from Safari than Mail? I'd think not. Heatmiser, you’re right about the misinterpretation. Safari only places the save and print commands in the contextual menu when nothing’s selected in the window. I am not convinced, though, that the commands need be included then. Finder doesn’t include them, neither does Mail, TextEdit, Preview, iChat, Address Book. or iWork (Keynote, Numbers, Pages). In fact, I couldn’t find another app that does include them.

If there’s something special about Safari that makes saving and printing a Web page more important and frequently-accessed than those other apps, then adding those commands to the contextual menu makes sense. Do people save and print more from Safari than Mail? I’d think not.

]]> By: Jasonian. http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6381 Jasonian. Tue, 27 May 2008 02:02:23 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6381 Hi, Did you file bugs/enhancement requests with Apple? Jason. Hi,

Did you file bugs/enhancement requests with Apple?

Jason.

]]> By: Heatmiser http://watchingapple.com/2008/05/how-apples-contextual-menus-violate-the-human-interface-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-6379 Heatmiser Tue, 27 May 2008 01:30:28 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=375#comment-6379 I think you misinterpreted the guideline for contextual menus only listing commands in context. The example you show should have "print page" The guideline says don't say print page if you have text highlighted. It doesn't make any sense to have print page when you have text highlighted but it absolutely makes sense to have print page in the example you show. I think you misinterpreted the guideline for contextual menus only listing commands in context. The example you show should have “print page”
The guideline says don’t say print page if you have text highlighted.

It doesn’t make any sense to have print page when you have text highlighted but it absolutely makes sense to have print page in the example you show.

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