Re: [Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-09 Thread Jason Gerard DeRose
I completely agree. I have a UDS blueprint for this: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-dx-o-unity-bigscreen-productivity Not sure when it has been scheduled for, will note here later. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist < niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-09 Thread Niklas Rosenqvist
I wish that option B here would be the default for Unity since it's so annoying when having to move the mouse all the way to the top panel to get to the menu. 2011/5/9 Ed Lin > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Jason Taylor > wrote: > > Are all these environment variables documented anywhere? > >

Re: [Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-09 Thread Ed Lin
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Jason Taylor wrote: > Are all these environment variables documented anywhere? Don't think so. Here's a collection of the most common but not specific to Unity. That would require an update to the documentation. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariable

Re: [Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-08 Thread Jason Taylor
> This is a reoccurring theme here on the list and I completely agree with > you. > You could turn the "global menu" off (so it gets put back into each > window) by executing this command: > echo "export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0" >> ~/.bashrc > You'll have to log out for it to take effect. > Are all the

Re: [Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-08 Thread Ed Lin
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:19 AM, James Jenner wrote: > However, unfortunately there is one issue, which may be specific to my > circumstances. I have a large monitor (30 inches) running at a high > resolution. I am always opening multiple apps and positioning them on the > screen in various positio

[Ayatana] Unity, menus and large screens

2011-05-08 Thread James Jenner
G'day Guys, I decided to join the Ayatana mailing list so I could help provide feedback or ideas regarding Unity. Firstly I should say that while I was initially surprised (possibly shocked) by the changes, I quickly grew to enjoy them. However, unfortunately there is one issue, which may be spe