Hey Mark, Could we do something similar in the desktop edition? My screen doesnt have the highest resolution and having 2 bars and the menu strip takes up a lot of space. I know that Gnome shell is a single panel (for the moment anyway) but can we do a global menu for gnome shell as well? (and I know that Shell still might not be the default for 10.10 im just looking into the future)
-fagan On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 16:49 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Hello folks > > I blogged today about a decision we've taken to adopt a single menu in > the panel, for the netbook interface. The blog is at > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/359 and there will be some > additional commentary from MPT and others on design.canonical.com in due > course. > > The rationale for the decision is the improved use of vertical space for > the netbook use case, combined with a reduction in clutter for the whole > UI and an improved ability to hit the menu. We feel that issues of the > separation of menu and window are mitigated on small screens, the target > audience of netbooks. > > We've discussed the decision with the existing community that formed > around the "Global Menu" project. We won't be adopting the exact same > technology but are going to collaborate around the issues that the > concept triggers: support for toolkits other than Gtk, and applications > which use menus in unusual ways. > > One very positive consequence of this decision, of course, is to > mitigate the potential collisions between the menu's and the (x) window > control :-) > > Looking forward to the discussion here, and at UDS. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
