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Andrew Laignel wrote on 01/11/10 14:35:
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> One thought on the global menu is one of scope. Window controls, tab
> controls and many other actions, as a general rule, only affect things
> within their indicated container. A tab control that affects t
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Luke Benstead wrote on 01/11/10 13:40:
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> When they were implemented in UNE we had a great blog post by MPT about
> the reasoning: http://design.canonical.com/2010/05/menu-bar/
>
> It made sense. Netbooks have limited vertical space, UNE focuses o
On 01/11/10 20:35, Dean Loros wrote:
As far as I am concerned---any upper bar wastes space.The first
thing I do on a new install is remove the upper panel/bar & use AWN
for my lower panel--yes I know that it "looks" like OSX that way, but
it fits my workflow better (maybe because I'm a old-
On 1 November 2010 20:40, cmaglothin wrote:
> Why exactly would there need to be a distinction at all? It would be
> pleasing to the eye if it just blended perfectly with the gradient of the
> maximized window border.
>
>
Mainly to show that:
a.) The indicator applet is floating (e.g. non-maximi
Why exactly would there need to be a distinction at all? It would be
pleasing to the eye if it just blended perfectly with the gradient of the
maximized window border.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Alex Launi wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Luke Benstead wrote:
>
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>> Well, ideally
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Luke Benstead wrote:
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> Well, ideally the way to get rid of that wasted space would be to not have
> the bar there at all. Think about it; Unity has a side bar from bottom to
> top, the indicator applets sit top right *exactly* where there is an open
> space on an
On 1 November 2010 19:47, Shane Fagan wrote:
> I agree with the idea of less wasted space. So putting in the global
> menu into the desktop for maximized apps is a good idea.
Well, ideally the way to get rid of that wasted space would be to not have
the bar there at all. Think about it; Unity h
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I agree with the idea of less wasted space. So putting in the global
menu into the desktop for maximized apps is a good idea. If its a huge
screen its a lot easier to throw your mouse up to the top of the screen
than go for the menu bar in the app I think. It might be slightly
further but it requir
As far as I am concerned---any upper bar wastes space.The first thing I
do on a new install is remove the upper panel/bar & use AWN for my lower
panel--yes I know that it "looks" like OSX that way, but it fits my workflow
better (maybe because I'm a old-Mac head & I jumped all over the lower ba
One thought on the global menu is one of scope. Window controls, tab
controls and many other actions, as a general rule, only affect things
within their indicated container. A tab control that affects things outside
of it's scope is bad as it invites unpredictability into the behaviour, it's
for
On 1 November 2010 13:59, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 14:40, Luke Benstead wrote:
>
>> To reiterate, I understand the reasoning for the global menu on netbooks,
>> and I totally agree. Why is a global menu better on a modern high-resolution
>> or multiple-monitor des
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 14:40, Luke Benstead wrote:
> To reiterate, I understand the reasoning for the global menu on netbooks,
> and I totally agree. Why is a global menu better on a modern high-resolution
> or multiple-monitor desktop than the current system?
>
> Luke.
>
because.
* it cleans up
On 1 November 2010 13:11, David Prieto wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I don't mean to sound rude, but did you even read the answers to the link
>> you posted?
>> One of them shows this blueprint which wouldn't use the global menu for
>> the desktop version.
>>
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spe
Hi,
I don't mean to sound rude, but did you even read the answers to the link
> you posted?
> One of them shows this blueprint which wouldn't use the global menu for the
> desktop version.
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-desktop-n-specialized-unity-form-factor
>
> to the menu. Do you have any particular ideas?
>
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> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:04:46 +
> From: kaz...@gmail.com
> To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: [Ayatana] Global Menu on the Desktop
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> So I stumbled acros
o it seems the desktop version would have room to innovate when it comes to
the menu. Do you have any particular ideas?
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:04:46 +
From: kaz...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana] Global Menu on the Desktop
Hi all,
So I stumbled across this answ
Hi all,
So I stumbled across this answer earlier:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/10481/does-will-unity-support-disabling-the-global-menu
We are getting the global menu by default on the desktop edition. I'm
actually overwhelmingly disappointed by this, there were actual logical
reasons why the gl
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