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 -- This message was sent from Launchpad by f_padia (https://launchpad.net/~f-padia) to each member of the Ayatana Discussion team using the "Contact this team" link on the Ayatana Discussion team page (https://launchpad.net/~unity-design). For more information see https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gnome-zeitgeist Post to : gnome-zeitgeist@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gnome-zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp