On 21/03/11 12:01, Mitja Pagon wrote: > That is based on so many false assumptions and false arguments it makes > no sense. First it's not all about choice, second if application has > menus users never use, should that application have menus at all? But > that is not a problem that should be solved on a "shell" level, it's up > to applications to improve their interfaces.
What if application developers chose to keep the menu toolbar (which
global menu replicates) for advanced and rarely used options, and
implement a one-button menu solution (similar to the elementaryOS
approach) to consolidate commonly used functions?
The global-menu, as I understand it, gives no consideration to such
implementations and simply exposes the menu toolbar regardless. This
undoes alot of the (IMO) excellent UI work done by the developers of
nautilus-elementary, Firefox 4.0+ and Opera 10.0+ (etc...).
As I mentioned previously, I favour these nested vertical menus (for me
they're much more intuitive*). Even if, as a fallback for applications
which still rely on a menu toolbar (presently the vast majority) it
involves a vertical implementation of said menu toolbar (summoned by a
single button, or clicking on the window title).
Kind Regards,
Lee Hyde.
*I find that I intuitively recall the vertical position of a menu item,
whereas I don't recall the horizontal position. Am I alone in this? Is
this a known phenomenon?
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"There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
-- Dr. Jonas Stalk, on being asked who owned the patent for his polio
vaccine
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