Re: [Ayatana] Panel menu in 10.10 Netbook UI

[Jan Claeys <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Op woensdag 28-04-2010 om 09:33 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Jeremy
Nickurak:
> This is an idea that's been debated alot, and in general, rejected, outside
> of macos circles. Decoupling the menu from the application window means you
> have to move your mouse from an application window, through an unrelated
> desktop region, up to a seperate region of the screen, which means it's not
> at all visually obvious that the menu at the top of the screen has
> *anything* to do with the application.

That's not an issue on netbooks.

> What about dialog windows that don't have menus, and don't get maximized? In
> that case, the top panel will just have a large empty space? 

I suggest you look at how that works now in the netbook remix/edition.


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Jan Claeys