Re: [Ayatana] Application Menus in Unity

[Tony Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are quite right, of course.  It would be great if there was a server
button on that tab, or on the icon bar even.  But this is just one
example.  

You simply cannot say to all developers that they must now consider the
fact that Ubuntu Unity users do not have the menu in view, and so they
must go back to all their applications and see if they need to change
them.

Tony


On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 20:43 +0200, Joern Konopka wrote:
> Im Not gonna try to destroy your Point cause i'm Not currently using
> Unity and therefore i don't have the Same Experience, but the " ..See
> Server Settings" got my ears ringing.
> Wouldnt the preferable  way be to replace this notice with an actual
> Button that will Open the Server Settings right Away?
> 
> http://twitter.com/cldx3000
> 
> On 31.05.2011, at 18:15, Niklas Rosenqvist
> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi Tony, thanks for your contribution! This was a very good example
> > on why it should always be visible! You can find many more arguments
> > for why we should always have the menu visible in the "Global menu
> > in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)" thread. 
> > 
> > 2011/5/31 Tony Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >         Hi All
> >         
> >         Something happened to me just recently that makes me think
> >         it is not a
> >         good thing to remove application menus from view.
> >         
> >         Currently, I only see application menus when I hover over
> >         the panel (or
> >         hit F10).
> >         
> >         Recently, I was trying to enable the printer attached to my
> >         desktop PC
> >         and in the Printing dialogue's Properties, for my printer,
> >         under
> >         Policies, it told me 'Not published - see server settings'.
> >          I had no
> >         idea what 'server' it referred to and I had to resort to the
> >         user's
> >         mailing list for help.
> >         
> >         There is, of course, a Server menu in the application menu,
> >         but with the
> >         application menu out of view, I had no idea it was there.
> >         
> >         So the point I'm making is, that without then application
> >         menu visible,
> >         essential functionality may be hidden from the user. Any
> >         arrangement
> >         that requires the user to take action to reveal the
> >         application menu can
> >         mean that a user, particularly the less experienced user,
> >         may lose out
> >         on full enjoyment of the programs functions.
> >         
> >         Tony
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
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