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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Diego Moya wrote on 22/04/10 17:35:
> 
> On 22 April 2010 17:30, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
>> 
>> On Thursday 22,April,2010 10:51 PM, Luke Benstead wrote:
>>> 
>>> Then I thought, it would be pretty cool if all the menus on the panel
>>> (including Applications, Places, System, Me menu, Indicators and the
>>> calendar ) opened on hover. That would reduce pretty much any action
>>> on the top panel to a single click (e.g. launching a program, opening
>>> a folder, setting your status etc.)
>>
>> It makes the accidental hover over these menus a lot more painful. I'd
>> rather not have this.
> 
> Ditto. But I think this still can be made to work. This unwanted
> accidental case can be avoided with careful tuning:
> 
> a- put a delay in the "open menu on hover" behavior. This makes the
> error less likely.

But also makes it slower than just clicking, defeating the point.

> b- if the user didn't click the menu label, hide the menu as soon as
> the mouse leaves the menu boundaries. This make the error less painful
> if unwanted opening happens.
> c- if the user did click the menu label, don't hide the menu by moving
> the mouse away. This prevents b) being hurtful in the case where the
> user does want to interact with the menu.

Neither of these handle the case where someone moves the pointer to the
top of the screen to get it out of the way of the video they're watching.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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