On 3/19/07, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is not an all-or-none situation.
> I just make menu bar to support two format.
> If you start menu bar straight, you get the full-size one.
> Therefore, if I remove the document about the short version,
> no one will use it unless they read the source code.
> I understand the arguments about horizontal menu bar
> and I am not against it.
> It can and will be the default setting.
Understood. I'm not necessarily in favor of the horizontal menu, as
I've discussed before. In this specific scenario, however, I think
the full-width bar is better visually, as the short bar looks chopped
off. I think, if we go with the vertical floating menu, we should
reconsider where these little iconlets (time, wireless signal, sound
settings, etc) live.
It is part of reason that I want to put
a screen shot about what we have right now.
We will have a trash can later.
And we discussed the possibility of shelf.
All of them will make the screen more and more crowded.
That is also a reason I mention BeOS's Deskbar before.
Expose-style stuff is a solution, but it is not coming soon.
> I just want to have another option for smaller screen users.
> If people think it is not a good idea to have this option
> in case users do some stupid things about it.
> then I will just keep the short version in my branch.
I would prefer the menubar still stretch across the top of the
screen, just that the menu itself is detached. On extremely small
screens, such as phones or PDAs, the menubar which holds only
iconlets is rather common and would work quite well. But, still, I
feel it should go the full width across, for visual reasons.
If you have a menu bar only for these icons,
it is really a waste of space.
It is a bigger issue related to the whole design of desktop.
That is something we should have a detailed discussion sometime later.
> By the way, Jesse, can you make icons for a trash can,
> an empty one and a full one. Thanx a lot !!
Yep -- I've previously created an empty trash can icon -- I'll just
have to make a full one. This week is busy for me, but perhaps by the
weekend.
Thanx. Take your time.
Yen-Ju
J.
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