Re: [Ayatana] why global menubar/application menu isn't such a great idea

[Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5 April 2011 13:47, nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are a lot of other applications that benefit from the additional space
> afforded by merging the titlebar and menubar into the panel besides the
> web-browser. Nautilus, media players, music players, word processors, e-mail
> clients, text editors, burning software, etc. Not all applications place
> tabs over the titlebar. Most applications waste enormous space by devoting a
> whole line to just a few menu items. Also please note that even if the
> web-browser places tabs over the titlebar it does not provide any additional
> vertical space when compared to Unity. For example, Unity has the 1.) panel,
> 2.) web-browser tabbar, and 3.) web-browser URL bar. A default install of
> Windows has the 1.) Windows taskbar, 2.) web-browser URL bar, and 3.)
> web-browser tabbar, and 4.) the titlebar if the tabs are not placed over it.
> Apple Mac is even worse. It has titlebar and a bottom Dock.
>
> Unity's design is the best of the three and the most useful for creating
> vertical space.

I'd still give my right arm if there for an option to enable the
global menu for maximized windows only. That would be perfect for me.
Would patches for that be accepted?

Luke.