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		daxelrod on Dec 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 95 UI Design Yes. That was one of the worst parts of Windows 95’s interface because it wasn’t discoverable. A context menu is fine when it provides shortcuts to functionality also discoverable elsewhere. Windows 95’s context menus were full of functionality only available through them.

yiyus on Dec 27, 2019 [–]

I guess you love the extra menu items you only get with Shift+Right button.

tjoff on Dec 27, 2019 | [–]

Some things are, by design, not meant to be easily discoverable.

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