[G4] I Miss OS9's Apple Menu

[John Wilson]

Drag your hard drive icon (or any folder icon you like) to the Dock and 
thereafter simply click and hold the pointer over it to see its innards 
in a hierarchal listing. John

On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 09:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

> In OS9's Apple Menue, I could access any file or application via 
> convenient cascading drop-downs simply by placing aliases within 
> organizational folders.
>
> What do I have in OSX that comes close? The "Favorites" feature, which 
> reminds me more of Microsoft's Explorer than anything Apple, will let 
> me place folders inside of it, but when I access them from "GO" in the 
> Menu bar, these nested folders do not "cascade" open. Instead I have 
> to open them manually,  or resort to a Column View window which takes 
> up space and requires multiple steps.
>
> Let me put my own icon in the Menu Bar which will reveal hierarchical 
> folder contents via spring-loaded cascading lists, or give folders 
> within "Favorites" the ability to drop down without using Column View.
>
> Am I missing something? or is there a 3rd party solution I need to buy?
>
> DlaeH