On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas
<mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I see four major problems with hiding the menus and covering them with
an application or window title.
1. Most importantly, it makes the menus much harder to use.
2. It makes some functions effectively invisible.
The above two problems are important to fix.
3. The application or window title becomes ugly when the menus appear.
#3 is not that big of a problem - we should avoid it when we can, but if its necessary, its better to have an eyesore than a interaction problem.
4. The application or window title and the title bar are redundant, and
sometimes inconsistent too.
Although this is a problem, a title is necessary for maximized windows, so it has to be shown for them.
I proposed a solution to this earlier on this list, but unfortunately, it got no replies. However, I still believe that it can solve the problems brought up here.
My basic idea is:
https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04555.htmlHowever, I have a change: The Application Title should only be shown for maximized windows, where it is necessary. Otherwise, only the menu should be visible.