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[ello <tenniswithshovels@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you just sent this to me.  Let's see if a little cc magic gets
it back . . .

In answer to your clarification, you're completely right, it would be
confusing to new users.  As I say in my response to the mailing list, my
suggestion was more about those users who don't like moving all the way
to the top of the screen.  I envisioned it as being an option not a
replacement i.e. you could either click on the program name, press F10,
or just move the mouse up.


On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 16:57 -0500, GonzO wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:44 PM, GonzO <gonzo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>         Users, especially new ones, should never have to play
>         hide-and-seek with something as fundamental as an
>         application's menu system.  (They shouldn't ever have to play
>         hide-and-seek, or find-the-icon, or any other mini-game with
>         _any_ UI element, IMO, but especially big important things
>         like pull-down menus and the global menuing system.)  
> 
> 
> To clarify: ...in the case of what you were suggesting, specifically,
> I think it would cause _more_ confusion than otherwise to teleport the
> mouse somewhere else, and making the application's name clickable also
> breaks window dragging.  
> 
> 
> Not to mention, it seems to be general consensus on this list that the
> global menu is not well liked (hidden or not), and generally only
> viewed as useful in the case of a maximized window.  (Anyone correct
> me on that if I'm wrong).
> 
> 
> --G