That solution was proposed, and while it had merit, the problem with it was that it becomes very difficult to move a window around. People need the title bar because it's a good place to click to move windows around. It's a comfortable paradigm that works. On Oct 4, 2011 11:48 PM, "gespert...@gmail.com" <gespert...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally, I'd like the global menu to be optional. I have tried to > use it in my desktop, and with any screen beyond 20" inches it becomes > pretty annoying. > Any application in a small window placed in the lower half of the > screen becomes a problem. Any small windows placed in the right half > of the screen becomes a problem. It takes an extra effort to discover > if the menu you're accessing belongs to the app you want. > In my oppinion, it's a step backwards, and if the problem was vertical > space, why not rendering the menu on the top border of the window's > chrome instead? > The drawing package MyPaint has added recently (in its development > version) an interesting concept, similar to Opera's menu button. > AFAIK Gnome3's "global menu" uses a similar aproach (a single button > with the name of the app that rolls down the menu bar, arranged > vertically) > > I wonder if that can't be rendered on the chrome instead of an > exclusive menu bar when it's "windowed" and rendered on the global > menu when maximized. The vertical space saved would be exactly the > same. > It's compatible with the window buttons position both in maximized and > windowed states, it allows to display the entire name instead of that > ugly small portion of the title faded out horizontally and wouldn't > give problems even in a panel full of indicators in a small screen. > > What do you think? > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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