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[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Without explaining what is your idea for maximized windows, the
usefulness of the mockup is very limited.

Most people would agree that making the menubar moving left and
right is not an acceptable solution, so explaining what would
you do in the maximized case is essential.


Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 11:50 -0500, S. Christian Collins a écrit :
> 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: