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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

That solution was proposed, and while it had merit, the problem with it was
that it becomes very difficult to move a window around. People need the
title bar because it's a good place to click to move windows around. It's a
comfortable paradigm that works.
On Oct 4, 2011 11:48 PM, "gespertino@xxxxxxxxx" <gespertino@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Personally, I'd like the global menu to be optional. I have tried to
> use it in my desktop, and with any screen beyond 20" inches it becomes
> pretty annoying.
> Any application in a small window placed in the lower half of the
> screen becomes a problem. Any small windows placed in the right half
> of the screen becomes a problem. It takes an extra effort to discover
> if the menu you're accessing belongs to the app you want.
> In my oppinion, it's a step backwards, and if the problem was vertical
> space, why not rendering the menu on the top border of the window's
> chrome instead?
> The drawing package MyPaint has added recently (in its development
> version) an interesting concept, similar to Opera's menu button.
> AFAIK Gnome3's "global menu" uses a similar aproach (a single button
> with the name of the app that rolls down the menu bar, arranged
> vertically)
>
> I wonder if that can't be rendered on the chrome instead of an
> exclusive menu bar when it's "windowed" and rendered on the global
> menu when maximized. The vertical space saved would be exactly the
> same.
> It's compatible with the window buttons position both in maximized and
> windowed states, it allows to display the entire name instead of that
> ugly small portion of the title faded out horizontally and wouldn't
> give problems even in a panel full of indicators in a small screen.
>
> What do you think?
>
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