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[Kevin Liao <kevinliao96@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
I've been wondering, the Global Menu debate has been very furious for a
while now. Proponents argue that Fitts Law is efficient. However, Unity's
implementation of the Global Menu is that it becomes a menu when it is
hovered over. Doesn't this mean that Fitts Law is rendered invalid because
the user is in a sense "blind" until the mouse hovers over the menu?
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the menu activated by default so the
user knows where to aim, rather than aim at the top, then move the mouse to
where he/she wants to go? Apart from "making Ubuntu look good", what is the
argument behind making the menu so obscure?
--Kevin Liao

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