OK, here's a little video from my phone showing the menu disappearing and reappearing as the cursor goes over it.
** Attachment added: "14090026.mp4" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1371590/+attachment/4214025/+files/14090026.mp4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371590 Title: Global menu bar snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, à la Windows 95 Start button Status in Unity: Incomplete Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: There is a really old usability bug relating to mouse accuracy, which Ubuntu 14.04 has rediscovered in its global menu. Basically, it's super easy to move your pointer fast and hard to the extreme edge and corners of the screen, so you can hit targets placed there quickly. But the global menu only activates if the cursor is a pixel or two from the top of the screen. This is a massive usability bug. The example from the 90s (yes, 20 years ago) is that Win 95's start button was offset from the bottom left corner by a couple of pixels. That made it hard for people to hit, and if they'd only put it flush with the bottom left it would have been way way easier to click. Hence "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" - e.g. in this post from 2000 http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000063.html Hopefully this is an easy fix: extend the mouseover activation area for the global menu to the top of the screen. Right to the top zeroth row of pixels. Please? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1371590/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
