pie menus are a old concept in the hci field (early 80s).
they
capitalize on Fitt's law by making each option equidistant from the click source.
this is a test,
only a test ,
in the case of a real emergency,
this would still only be a test 		test
For more info, consult pie menus*. or a google search or the homepage of Don Hopkins. Source is available for activeX and java..

I've been playing with a lot of "dwell senstive" effects lately (eg. things happen on mouseover) but the traditional cascading pie menu scenario is interesting because it really hinges on a mouseout... you strike through the menu of interest, seen in this animation. My web implementation is not as sophisticated, though I'm exploring ways of adding another layer.  









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