That looks great, and solves most of everyone's complaints with the current hidden global menu. I do have one concern: what happens to the window controls when the window is maximized? you could scoot the menu over a bit, but then, that might look odd for non-maximized windows. Other than that though, I'd love to see this, as it's a viable contender.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:50, S. Christian Collins < s.chriscoll...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Many people have mentioned the problems with the inconsistency of the new > panel (menu only visible on hover, etc.). Here is my proposed solution to > this problem: > > - The menu of the active window is always displayed in the panel. > - The title of the active application is displayed on the right side of > the panel, just to the left of the system tray. > - There is a clear division in the panel between the application title > and the system tray to visually link the window's title with its menu. > - The application's icon is displayed transparently beneath the window > title for at-a-glance identification of the active window. This would make > it easier to tell which window is currently active. > - If the active window's menu is long enough to drift into the > application title, the title would simply fade out at its leftmost edge > (similar to its current behavior whereby the title fades at the rightmost > edge when the menu appears). > > Have a look at my mockup and decide for yourself: > > > > -~Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Ian Santopietro "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234
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