That looks great, and solves most of everyone's complaints with the current hidden global menu. I do have one concern: what happens to the window controls when the window is maximized? you could scoot the menu over a bit, but then, that might look odd for non-maximized windows. Other than that though, I'd love to see this, as it's a viable contender.
Hi folks,
Many people have mentioned the problems with the inconsistency of
the new panel (menu only visible on hover, etc.). Here is my
proposed solution to this problem:
- The menu of the active window is always displayed in the
panel.
- The title of the active application is displayed on the right
side of the panel, just to the left of the system tray.
- There is a clear division in the panel between the application
title and the system tray to visually link the window's title
with its menu.
- The application's icon is displayed transparently beneath the
window title for at-a-glance identification of the active
window. This would make it easier to tell which window is
currently active.
- If the active window's menu is long enough to drift into the
application title, the title would simply fade out at its
leftmost edge (similar to its current behavior whereby the title
fades at the rightmost edge when the menu appears).
Have a look at my mockup and decide for yourself:
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-~Chris
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