[G4] I Miss OS9's Apple Menu

Michael L. Brown brownml at adelphia.net
Wed Jul 30 15:40:04 PDT 2003


>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


FruitMenu from Unsanity is one of the more flexible and user friendly.  See:

http://www.unsanity.com/

Mike
-- 
Almost never pointless.



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