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[Adrian Maier <syraxes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello ,

Visually these mockups seems to go towards a good direction ,
particularly reverting to a sane way of handling the menus  (no more
autohiding global menu at the top of screen) .

The "ubuntu" menu looks ok as a default .   Additionally it would be
extremely nice to be able to configure it to open a traditional
applications menu .

In order to be able to start using a future new version of Unity will
be the handling of multiple application instances (in particular
terminals).   Unity will be completely unusable (for me ... ) until
this problem is solved  .


My feeling is that the goal of developing a universally good desktop
environment for all kinds of screens (including touch) is too bold and
ignores the principle  "use the right tool for the job".  Screen size
matters a lot  ;   a user interface optimized for netbook is unlikely
to be suitable on a desktop.  And viceversa.    The only solution is
to allow the users to tweak the interface.



Cheers,
Adrian M



On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 20:25, Henrik Peytz <henrik.peytz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here's my third round of mockups based on some of the ideas floating around.
>
> ------------------
> Particular ideas visualized:
>
> http://fav.me/d3h14ui <-- Global-menu has turned into Maximode-menu, it is
> only visible when a window is maximized, and it only shows the menus of the
> maximized window, NEVER any other.
>
> http://fav.me/d3h14i1 <-- Menu-toggle-button on the left side of a windows'
> titlebar. Pressing it will enable/disable menus for that particular
> application, and the application will memorize it upon closure.
>
> http://fav.me/d3h15jp <-- Right-clicking the Dash-button will bring up the
> Applications-list
>
> http://fav.me/d3h157l <-- Right-clicking the Home-button will bring up the
> Folders-list
>
> - Workspace-switcher has been moved to the bottom. Movable media-launchers
> have been separated from application-launchers. Folders- and
> Applications-lenses have been removed.
>
> - Not in the mockup: Dash has assimilated the search-abilities (left-click)
> of the Folders- and Applications-lenses in a sane way.
> ------------------
>
> I could use this ^^
>
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