http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html
You can also use the classic gnome session if you want to use the old panel applets. Offering a new shell by default, with certain default options, is hardly limiting you, or offering you the proverbial highway. 2011/4/15 Biturica <bitur...@gmail.com> > It's beginning to feel like a lot of us were involuntarily shifted out of > Ubuntu's demographic overnight. > > The titlebar being a waste of space is totally subjective and a matter of > opinion. But it is my-way-or-the-highway opinions like this that are now > driving the new one-size-fits-all philosphy of Canonical and Ubuntu fanboys. > > I would be all for trying out having application menus moved into a > drop-down in the window control / title bar, for all windows, regardless of > whether maximized or not, and regardless of where I place my panel / dock / > whatever we calling it this week (horizontal, vertical, one panel, two > panels, etc). Some of us don't want application menus and window titles > limiting what I can have on our panels. > > And even this drop-down application menu in the window title bar should be > a toggle-able setting. Don't tell users what to do. If a user with two 30 > inch monitors wants to retain menu bars inside application windows, there is > no reason to take that away from a user. > > This would retain more respect for users who already have preferred working > habits, large screens, multiple monitors, etc. A lot of us are content with > "window" having a meaning and "panel" having a separate meaning. Bored > designers should just tweak their own desktops. Then when they are > experiencing a fit of one-size-fits-all thinking, they won't hurt anybody. > > > > On 04/15/2011 11:41 AM, nick rundy wrote: > > I agree with Ian. > > I do NOT want a maximized window to have a separate titlebar. I want the > maximized window's controls to be merged into the panel. The titlebar is an > enormous waste of space. IMHO it is useless. When a user maximizes a window, > space is needed. > > Once people take some time and get used to this new design, they will > understand it and like it better. It makes a lot more sense than the old way > of doing things. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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