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[Luke Morton <luke.morton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 20:06 +0100, Shane Fagan wrote: 
> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 17:51 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> > On 16/05/10 16:54, Shane Fagan wrote:
> > > Anyone have any ideas how to do the long labels without them looking so
> > > strange?
> > >   
> > 
> > Classically, the content scrolls-and-pauses, on a repeating cycle.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> Hey Mark,
> 
> Can we do that then? 

I'd prefer an ellipsis over scrolling text. 

Scrolling text is hard to read, can't be controlled by the user (e.g.
paused or moved back a bit), and attracts attention (in this case, more
than the label deserves--it's not an active menu item).

Another alternative is line wrapping. The issue I see with that is
knowing how wide to make the menu and where best to wrap.

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