On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com>wrote:
> I see four major problems with hiding the menus and covering them with > an application or window title. > > 1. Most importantly, it makes the menus much harder to use. > > 2. It makes some functions effectively invisible. > The above two problems are important to fix. > 3. The application or window title becomes ugly when the menus appear. > #3 is not that big of a problem - we should avoid it when we can, but if its necessary, its better to have an eyesore than a interaction problem. > > 4. The application or window title and the title bar are redundant, and > sometimes inconsistent too. > Although this is a problem, a title is necessary for maximized windows, so it has to be shown for them. I proposed a solution to this earlier on this list, but unfortunately, it got no replies. However, I still believe that it can solve the problems brought up here. My basic idea is: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04555.html However, I have a change: The Application Title should only be shown for maximized windows, where it is necessary. Otherwise, only the menu should be visible.
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