It's beginning to feel like a lot of us were involuntarily shifted
out of Ubuntu's demographic overnight.
The titlebar being a waste of space is totally subjective and a
matter of opinion. But it is my-way-or-the-highway opinions like
this that are now driving the new one-size-fits-all philosphy of
Canonical and Ubuntu fanboys.
I would be all for trying out having application menus moved into a
drop-down in the window control / title bar, for all windows,
regardless of whether maximized or not, and regardless of where I
place my panel / dock / whatever we calling it this week
(horizontal, vertical, one panel, two panels, etc). Some of us don't
want application menus and window titles limiting what I can have on
our panels.
And even this drop-down application menu in the window title bar
should be a toggle-able setting. Don't tell users what to do. If a
user with two 30 inch monitors wants to retain menu bars inside
application windows, there is no reason to take that away from a
user.
This would retain more respect for users who already have preferred
working habits, large screens, multiple monitors, etc. A lot of us
are content with "window" having a meaning and "panel" having a
separate meaning. Bored designers should just tweak their own
desktops. Then when they are experiencing a fit of one-size-fits-all
thinking, they won't hurt anybody.
On 04/15/2011 11:41 AM, nick rundy wrote:
I agree with Ian.
I do NOT want a maximized window to have a separate titlebar. I
want the maximized window's controls to be merged into the panel.
The titlebar is an enormous waste of space. IMHO it is useless.
When a user maximizes a window, space is needed.
Once people take some time and get used to this new design, they
will understand it and like it better. It makes a lot more sense
than the old way of doing things.