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Quick Menu

Quick Menu 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 and later distributed by NeoSoft. Three versions were made: Quick Menu, Quick Menu II and Quick Menu III.

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Quick Menu
DevelopersOSCS Software Development, Inc.
Initial release1990
Final release
1993
Operating systemMS-DOS
Available inEnglish
TypeUser Interface
LicensePublic Domain12
Websitehttp://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's3 and later distributed by NeoSoft.45 Three versions were made: Quick Menu, Quick Menu II 6 and Quick Menu III.7

Versions

Version I

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

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

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

References

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  3. Small firm creates menu to success, By Barney Lerten, The Bulletin, Jan 5, 1992
  4. Corp., NeoSoft (1998). "QuikMenu - Version 3.1 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION". jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com.
  5. "NeoSoft Corporation". neosoftware.com. Archived from the original on 1999-01-25. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
  6. "The Ultimate Menu System - QuikMenu II". InfoWorld. 13 (12): 86. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. "Dress up your screen". PC Magazine - Network Edition. 12 (21): 588. 7 December 1993. Retrieved 15 April 2016.