Also, there would need to be a solution for dealing with menus in small windows. Would the menus be truncated or maybe compacted into a LIM style menu then? Though the latter idea would probably over complicate matters somewhat and maybe be confusing.
On 14 March 2012 00:30, shane lee <shaneym...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree about LIM. I used a similar system on KDE (oxygen-appmenu) and at > first I liked it a lot but over time it becomes a huge annoyance. > It feels inconvenient when you are just trying to get to a particular menu > item quickly (which is where the HUD could prove invaluable) and it can be > frustrating when you open a submenu and the mouse goes slightly in the > wrong place and in trying to correct you end up losing the menu and have to > start again. > As far as I'm concerned, LIM is NOT the way to go unless it is optional > and not default. > > As far as your idea goes for integrating into the titlebar: > This is something I have also suggested in various places and seems the > perfect solution. > The menu is out of sight when not needed but just as easy to access as > traditional (boring) window menus. > The best bit is, it's consitent with the global menu so users who choose > to have the menu on the menubar or integrated into individual windows would > still be instantly familiar with the behavior (windo title replaced by menu > on mouse-over). > > My only concern about your specific idea is the menu icon may be too small > a target for many users. > Discovery probably wouldn't be a problem since users would likely > mouse-over the menu icon just to see what it is but more experienced users > would want to move their mouse where the expect the menu entry to be, not > move to the menu icon then move across to the menu entry. > > I think for such an idea to fully work, one would need to be able to place > the mouse in any part of the title bar. > > > > On 14 March 2012 00:11, Faheem Padia <f_pa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry to re-post but I've been advised that emailing all contacts the >> way I had first time wasn't the best way of starting a discussion so this >> should correct that... >> >> Hello to all, >> >> I have just joined the list because I had a design idea for the >> implementation of the locally integrated menus that are supposed to be >> introduced at some point. I originally put the idea on brainstorm but it >> was marked as 'not an idea' on the basis that unity design is actively >> discussed in other places. I guessed this was on such place where my >> idea might be more appropriately voiced but if I am wrong please let me >> know. Anyway on to the idea... >> >> Basically from the opinions of other Ubuntu users I have read (mostly on >> OMGUbuntu) I understand that LIM is not particularly popular in its >> current form. The 2 main criticisms I have come across commonly are that >> 1. having a vertical menu is not convenient and requires re-learning the >> arrangement of menu items unnecessarily and >> 2. implementing LIM would mean an additional click is required to >> actually see the menu which is counter-productive >> >> so my idea so solve both of these would be to have an animated reveal of >> the menu horizontally in the window title bar when the mouse hovers over >> the menu icon. This would keep the menu as close to how it is currently >> but also introduce the LIM concept of having the menu attached to the >> title bar of an application. This solution also doesnt introduce any new >> problems of dragging windows (that I have come across from other ideas) >> since the menu only reveals when the mouse passes over the menu icon and >> not over the title bar in general. >> >> I'm sure a number of ideas for this have been explored and I apologise >> if this particualr idea has also been discussed but it would be >> interesting to hear other peoples opinions nonetheless. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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