Re: [Ayatana] Killing Menu Bars

[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2010-05-19, Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But I do like your idea, the more I think about it. I just opened up a few
> things and sort of imagined what it would feel like to open options from a
> title bar menu, and it really makes a lot of sense for some things,
> especially for apps with simple enough interfaces that there aren't a lot of
> places to put big buttons.

i think we should not think of title bar or not-title bar, regarding
the calc mockups, they show one beautiful homogenous alpha channel
enabled visual app design, users would't draw that line either.

it is rather the "calculator" as a visual object we should be thinking
of (HIG Book: http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/principles-match.html.en)

from here we can derive more actual interface usefulness, than from a
discussion about the ancient menus once conceived for the first WMs
ever distributed.

i think david's calc mockups rock, i see my future desktop apps all
sporting a seamless integration of WMs "decoration" into the actual
design of the app.

we don't need to see a frame IMO, the border should integrate fully
with the client's body. If you now envisage any changes to the
arrangement of the client's UI elements, it's more like tailoring a
widget..