There is a shareware programme that puts a "classic apple menu" in X, check Version Tracker for it. As for accessing files and applications, I swear by Drag Thing. Again, check Version Tracker. M On Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003, at 13:23 Canada/Eastern, Power Macintosh G4 List 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 =============================== In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do. Marquis de Sade, 1788