*Cough* https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Firefox-4-Mockup-i06-%28Win7%29-%28Aero%29-%2 8TabsTop%29.png *cough*
:) On 18/02/2011 12:45, "Luke Benstead" <kaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 18 February 2011 12:25, Luke Benstead <kaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 18 February 2011 11:10, David Stevenson <da...@avoncliff.com> wrote: >>> On 18/02/11 04:38, Greg K Nicholson wrote: >>>>> Why not integrate (and hide) the menu bar in the title bar instead >>>>>for >>>>> ummaximized windows? >>>> >>>> This makes sense logically. >>> >>> I also like this idea. My top panel has always been full, the first >>> thing I do on any install is to delete the bottom bar and put all the >>> information I want in the top bar. So now I need to hide information I >>> have been used to having visible to make room for menus while leaving a >>> title bar empty. >>> >>>> The massive downside to all of this is Fitts's law: the effective >>>> target area of a menu bar is vastly reduced when it isn't at the >>>> screen's edge. For that reason alone, and despite its logical and >>>> aesthetic elegance, I think we have to reject this idea. >>> >>> Have users really been having problems clicking on menus? I know we are >>> all different but I would not have thought this affected many users. >>> >>> David >>> >> >> Yeah, I don't think it's that much of a problem. Fitt's law keeps >> being quoted as an excuse to do stuff over and above other factors. >> I'm still unhappy that the global menu has been implemented despite >> not-working well with dual-monitors, focus follows mouse, or really >> large resolutions, but whenever this gets mentioned "Fitt's law" seems >> to be the overriding excuse. We need to stop putting so much emphasis >> on Fitt's law, it's only one element of good usability. >> >> My suggestion is that we shouldn't be hiding menus behind titles, it >> would be far more sensible (IMO) to consistently display the >> application name in the title bar of each window as a menu, whose >> submenu consists of the current menu bar (e.g. display "Firefox" next >> to the window controls, clicking "Firefox" would display a drop down >> menu containing "File", "Edit" etc.). If a window is maximized then >> the panel becomes the title bar. >> >> Luke. >> > >Quick mockup of what I mean: http://i.imgur.com/a763I.png clicking the >orange Firefox button would bring down a drop down menu. > >Luke. > >_______________________________________________ >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
