I haven't used a global menu bar but what I've seen from youtube videos ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PtOzhToq7o&NR=1 ) I have to agree with you - I don't like the idea so much. It doesn't save that much space and like the guy in the video describes it's a bit awkward to select a window and then go to the top of the screen for the menu...
But I like the idea for maximized apps - global menu bar and window name ( which is there already ) on the top panel so you can remove both menu bar and window border ( that part at the top where you can maximize/close the window... I don't know how it's called ). I guess that that would save up some space. And when you'd go to multiple windows at the same time they would be the same as they are now. 2009/12/23 David Hamm <davidth...@gmail.com> > :p for got to cc. > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM, jared <afo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> no problem and thank you for the links to explanations - I appreciate it. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:26 PM, David Hamm <davidth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://v4.kazzuya.com/blog_tags/os_x >>> "One thing I can't stand is the global menu bar on top. It's terrible to >>> have to look up to pick something from the menu. It gets silly if your >>> monitor is a 24 inches like for my iMac. With a dual monitor setting, the >>> global menu bar thing really becomes stupid and the usability level drops in >>> the realm of serious frustration." >>> >>> http://www.osnews.com/thread?348850 >>> "I believe the idea of a global menu bar is not good. It is one of the >>> things I mostly dislike on Mac OS X. What happens if I want to view the menu >>> bar of each window currently open at the same time? I would have to activate >>> its window in order for me to see the bar. That is so time consuming.... I >>> would like to be able to see the menu bar for each program/window at the >>> same time." >>> >>> These two quotes, pretty much sum it up for me. Sorry for not explaining >>> earlier. Personally this is one of my biggest gripes with osx. It may seem >>> like a silly thing to complain about, but for some reason it really bugs me. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM, jared <afo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Could you detail, or link to a detailed explanation of the aspects of >>>> the nightmare of the global menu as present in OS X. Perhaps something >>>> could be learned from that. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:34 PM, David Hamm <davidth...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> "Isn't the plan to add a global menubar?" >>>>> >>>>> oh gawd, please don't. If its anything like the global menubar in osx, >>>>> then its a nightmare. Please keep the applications settings within the >>>>> application. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gnome-shell-list mailing list >>>>> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
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