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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

That looks great, and solves most of everyone's complaints with the current
hidden global menu. I do have one concern: what happens to the window
controls when the window is maximized? you could scoot the menu over a bit,
but then, that might look odd for non-maximized windows. Other than that
though, I'd love to see this, as it's a viable contender.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:50, S. Christian Collins <
s.chriscollins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi folks,
>
> Many people have mentioned the problems with the inconsistency of the new
> panel (menu only visible on hover, etc.).  Here is my proposed solution to
> this problem:
>
>    - The menu of the active window is always displayed in the panel.
>    - The title of the active application is displayed on the right side of
>    the panel, just to the left of the system tray.
>    - There is a clear division in the panel between the application title
>    and the system tray to visually link the window's title with its menu.
>    - The application's icon is displayed transparently beneath the window
>    title for at-a-glance identification of the active window.  This would make
>    it easier to tell which window is currently active.
>    - If the active window's menu is long enough to drift into the
>    application title, the title would simply fade out at its leftmost edge
>    (similar to its current behavior whereby the title fades at the rightmost
>    edge when the menu appears).
>
> Have a look at my mockup and decide for yourself:
>
>
>
> -~Chris
>
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