Yes but this still would leave it up to the developers to make their programs Unity compatible and isn't that too much to ask from them? Can't a simpler implementation be found which doesn't need any changes in the applications so that people doesn't need to make their programs Ubuntu compatible and not just Debian?
2011/5/19 Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> > The reasoning for the global menu bar isn't just about saving screen space. > It's also about reduction of UI chrome to provide an interface that looks > cleaner and simpler. Mouse travel distance *is* irrelevant since mouse > acceleration allows for great travel distances from short, twitchy > movements. It is also easy to hit the menu, as it's on a screen edge and > easy to hit vertically. I work with a *trackpad* on a very large monitor, > and of all if the pointing issues I have, the only serious one is when I > need to aim in two dimensions. > > This brings to the real flaw with the global menu. As it's hidden by > default, users don't know what to aim at, thus forcing them to stop and > re-aim at the menu they want to use. This is the real speed killer with the > current global menu implementation. A better solution would be to have the > global menu visible by default. > > In the current implementation, there is a way to disable the global menu. > This should be easier to configure for users that don't want the global > menu. Also, I think adding an option to keep the current behavior would be > good, as I'm sure some people like the lack of visual clutter it provides. > On May 18, 2011 2:54 PM, "Niklas Rosenqvist" < > niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry people for accidentally sending duplicates, here is the real > version: > > > > 2011/5/18 Bazon <bazonbl...@arcor.de> > >> i could also imagine a window grip button > >> for moving the window when the whole title bar is occupied by menus for > >> moving the window. > > > > Without testing I just get the feeling that this would be ineffective > since > > I know that I much more often move a window than go to it's menu. A small > > grip will probably be annoying to always find with your cursor. The whole > > title bar provides a much easier and faster way of rearranging windows. > > > > I made some sketching on this and came up with a mockup which you can > find > > here: > > http://i.imgur.com/f8q2c.png > > > > The three top images is describing the solution we've talked about and > the > > fourth image is an extension of the implementation we've discussed. This > > implementation is possible today thanks to a plugin, but it would be > sweet > > to have it natively. > > > > 2011/5/18 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> > > > >> 2011/5/18 Bazon <bazonbl...@arcor.de> > >> > i could also imagine a window grip button > >> > for moving the window when the whole title bar is occupied by menus > for > >> > moving the window. > >> > >> Without testing I just get the feeling that this would be ineffective > since > >> I know that I much more often move a window than go to it's menu. A > small > >> grip will probably be annoying to always find with your cursor. The > whole > >> title bar provides a much easier and faster way of rearranging windows. > >> > >> I made some sketching on this and came up with a mockup which you can > find > >> here: > >> http://i.imgur.com/f8q2c.png > >> > >> The three top images is describing the solution we've talked about and > the > >> fourth image is an extension of the implementation we've discussed. This > >> implementation is possible today thanks to a plugin, but it would be > sweet > >> to have it natively. > >> > >> 2011/5/18 Bazon <bazonbl...@arcor.de> > >> > >>> Am Mittwoch, den 18.05.2011, 15:15 +0200 schrieb Niklas Rosenqvist: > >>> > Or to avoid movement, switch between titles and menus in the > >>> > titlebars. > >>> > >>> I like that idea: > >>> Consistent (menu/title toggle as for maximized window now, than simply > >>> for all windows) > >>> and contextual (it's clear where every menu belongs to). > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Additionally to the before mentioned idea of a menu/title toggle button > >>> next to the window controls, i could also imagine a window grip button > >>> for moving the window when the whole title bar is occupied by menus for > >>> moving the window. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> >
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