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[Biturica <biturica@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.