Pull down buttons (if that's their official name) are starting to pop up here and there. For example, if you look at Eclipse it seems that almost everything is a pull down button. Personally I find them misguiding, since the action they perform is sometimes context sensitive, sometimes it just executes the first action on the pull down list, etc.
When is it okay to use a pull down button? Personally I'm having a hard time justifying their existence.
Answer
You got to consider design conventions for different platforms , In this case these buttons can be seen in tools like eclipse and photoshop which is used by users who are not new to computer. These tools has many options which has to be grouped under single name , it was like this
File Edit View
As the tools got more advanced with so many options that led to not enough real estate for the users to work with , even the " File " "Edit" "View" were changed to small buttons. Its perfectly normal to use, Even few websites are trying with these buttons . Eg dropbox
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