Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

2011-05-21 Thread Niklas Rosenqvist
I read the "A better Linux Desktop" article and the author proposed removing the launcher, this is what I think is the strength of Unity. Although it was an interesting read. I have actually been thinking of how you could merge the top panel elements into the launcher elegantly and I will create a

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

2011-05-21 Thread Niklas Rosenqvist
I have to admit that this isn't completely thought through, not much at all actually, it's more an initiative to spark creativity. I believe that what really sets the Gnome/Unity desktop apart from OS X and Windows is the panel applications you can have. They are really effective and provide a lot

[Ayatana] (no subject)

2011-05-21 Thread Ralph Green
On 5/19/11, Ed Lin wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Ralph Green wrote: >> 2. MPT seems to think the global menu is quicker, even on large >> screens. That is certainly not my experience. ... The >> question is how typical am I? >> 3. Why do people keep referring to Fitt's law. It

[Ayatana] Thoughts on Unity design

2011-05-21 Thread Ralph Green
On 5/19/11, Ed Lin wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Ralph Green wrote: >> 2. MPT seems to think the global menu is quicker, even on large >> screens. That is certainly not my experience. ... The >> question is how typical am I? >> 3. Why do people keep referring to Fitt's law. It

Re: [Ayatana] (no subject)

2011-05-21 Thread Ralph Green
Sorry about the message with no subject. I just sent it again with the proper subject, so please ignore this thread. On 5/21/11, Ralph Green wrote: > On 5/19/11, Ed Lin wrote: >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Ralph Green wrote: >>> 2. MPT seems to think the global menu is quicker, even on

Re: [Ayatana] Thoughts on Unity design

2011-05-21 Thread Ralph Green
>> screens. That is certainly not my experience. ... The >> question is how typical am I? This will probably hurt my case, but I have been thinking about this part. Part of the Fitt's Law calculation is also based on the target size. The theory is supposed to imply that a target at the edge