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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 April 2011 19:26, Carl Simpson <cwd.simpson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As far as I am aware, from memory, this was not done so that the
> application's menus always start in the same place, thereby being
> consistent, thereby making it quicker to find stuff.
>
> With the ironic outcome that where with the Mac style we had to check the
> location of a given item before went off for the menu, with the “improved”
> Unity style, we have no idea where the menu is at all or what items are in
> it in the first place.

For Firefox & Chromium in particular, there is not enough room for the
appmenu and the app title, which in this case also includes the page
title, assuming you're a power user with more than 7 tabs or so.

Jeremy Bicha