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		mathw on March 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop using Material Design text fields Oh the number of applications which had (and still have) a File menu when they don't really do anything with files...

bitwize on March 4, 2020 [–]

Inside Macintosh explicitly told developers that the first two items in the menu bar must be File and Edit.

Throughout the 80s and 90s, Apple's UI guidelines were considered best practice and widely adopted by other companies.

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