Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

From: Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 12:35:00 +0200

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> Also, there is always Alt+drag to move a window without any better

> aiming.

This would require the use of a keyboard and I think it's not that comfortable using keyboard shortcuts when working with a laptop and a touchpad.

Ed Lin proposed several solutions to the global menu "problem" in the ayatana thread "Thoughts on Unity design". But one thing that people tend to forget when talking about removing the global menu an/or the top panel.

If we remove the top panel where would we put the app indicators? Since they are supposed to behave like nifty, easy accessible, little applications they completely loose their functionality if they should be hidden. If this could be solved with a good solution then there would really be nothing that prevents removing the top panel. Maybe by having a bottom-panel which reveals when the cursor is at the bottom of the screen?

2011/5/20 Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 02:03, anthropornis <anthropornis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Except that OOTB, no mouse I've ever seen on any Linux system is configured with acceleration that works well, much less *that* well. *Especially* not on multi-monitor situations, where the menu to the app you're using could well be on a different *screen* - which is the biggest reason, in my eyes, that the global menu idea fails.
> "It's not that the UI is built wrong, its just that your mouse is configured poorly" isn't the right answer.

On multi-monitor setups, a menu bar appears on each screen. It falls a
little short on the implementation details, but at least your concern
is addressed by this.

I've maxed out my mouse acceleration settings, which gives me the
ability to move from edge to edge in one movement. The default for
this needs to be reevaluated.

--
Remco

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