MrDoritos Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I've just been wondering what is the actual name for the Coloured 'Programme' Text Icon on Upper Left Corner? eg: Orange Firefox button, Red Opera button, Blue Trillian button? Just something that's bugging me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 17, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted May 17, 2011 There's no canonical name for it yet, is there? Personally I'd call it a 'menu button', seeing as it provides a UI for commands which would otherwise be available in a traditional File/Edit/etc menu. MrDoritos 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MrDoritos Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 There's no canonical name for it yet, is there? Personally I'd call it a 'menu button', seeing as it provides a UI for commands which would otherwise be available in a traditional File/Edit/etc menu. 'Menu Button' will forever be stuck in my head :D At first I though it was just a browser thing as I'd only seen it on Opera and then later on Firefox however it's on Trillian and other programmes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jan Veteran Posted May 17, 2011 Veteran Share Posted May 17, 2011 App button. --------- It originated in Office 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mystic Mungis Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I see a lot of people calling it the App Button when it comes to modding it but I agree that in my head it will always be called the menu button :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MrDoritos Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 App button. --------- It originated in Office 2007. Knew I'd seen it somewhere else before :) Gotta say the way Opera, Firefox etc have done the app/menu button is much better than the way it was in Office 2007 where IIRC it was just the Office logo on the button. Having text instead of a image/logo is much better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted May 17, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted May 17, 2011 Knew I'd seen it somewhere else before :) Gotta say the way Opera, Firefox etc have done the app/menu button is much better than the way it was in Office 2007 where IIRC it was just the Office logo on the button. Having text instead of a image/logo is much better IMO. At least for web browsers, I'd prefer the menu button is just an icon. By default, the Firefox button takes up too much tab bar space. It may not be a problem for people running at higher resolutions, but I still use 1280x1024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spikey_richie Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 In Visual Basic, the property you change to edit the little picture is the "Icon" property. I know it's not the Icon in the regular sense of the word (as in a desktop shortcut icon), but nevertheless the property is called Icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MrDoritos Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 At least for web browsers, I'd prefer the menu button is just an icon. By default, the Firefox button takes up too much tab bar space. It may not be a problem for people running at higher resolutions, but I still use 1280x1024. LOL, I'm still using 1024*768 I've only just recently upgraded to a 1366*768 on my laptops. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I've just been wondering what is the actual name for the Coloured 'Programme' Text Icon on Upper Left Corner? eg: Orange Firefox button, Red Opera button, Blue Trillian button?
Just something that's bugging me :D
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