Quick Menu
| Quick Menu | |
|---|---|
| Developers | OSCS Software Development, Inc. |
| Release | 1990 |
| Final release | 1993
|
| Operating system | MS-DOS |
| Available in | English |
| Type | User Interface |
| License | Public Domain[1][2] |
| Website | http://annex.retroarchive.org/crescent/ |
Quick Menu (or QuikMenu) is a graphical user interface for MS-DOS developed by Glenn Glen Tippetts and Dave Riley of OSCS Software Development, Inc. in the early 1990's[3] and later distributed by NeoSoft.[4][5] Three versions were made: Quick Menu, Quick Menu II [6] and Quick Menu III.[7]
Versions
[edit]Version I
[edit]Version I was released in 1990. It used a pure textual menu. The user could create some menu choices with a submenu and items which startup up a program.
Version II
[edit]This version was released in 1991. It was a real graphical interface where the user could create multiple screens. In each screen group icons and program icons could be placed together with a picture. The picture could be selected from an internal library or created with a picture editor which was part of the software. Background pictures could be set, passwords could be set on icons and main exit-command... Navigation was done by using the keyboard or a mouse.
Version III
[edit]Quick Menu III was more an expansion with more internal applications such as a calculator, file navigator and calendar. It was also possible to startup Windows 3.x-software. Actually, Quick Menu III launched Windows with the startup file of the select application as a parameter.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Public domain notice and repository". Archived from the original on 2024-03-23.
- ↑ "Ethan Winer Homepage".
- ↑ Small firm creates menu to success, By Barney Lerten, The Bulletin, Jan 5, 1992
- ↑ Corp., NeoSoft (1998). "QuikMenu - Version 3.1 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION". jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com.
- ↑ "NeoSoft Corporation". neosoftware.com. Archived from the original on 1999-01-25. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ↑ "The Ultimate Menu System - QuikMenu II". InfoWorld. 13 (12): 86. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ "Dress up your screen". PC Magazine - Network Edition. 12 (21): 588. 7 December 1993. Retrieved 15 April 2016.