Im Not gonna try to destroy your Point cause i'm Not currently using Unity and therefore i don't have the Same Experience, but the " ..See Server Settings" got my ears ringing. Wouldnt the preferable way be to replace this notice with an actual Button that will Open the Server Settings right Away?
http://twitter.com/cldx3000 On 31.05.2011, at 18:15, Niklas Rosenqvist <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tony, thanks for your contribution! This was a very good example on why it > should always be visible! You can find many more arguments for why we should > always have the menu visible in the "Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)" > thread. > > 2011/5/31 Tony Pursell <[email protected]> > Hi All > > Something happened to me just recently that makes me think it is not a > good thing to remove application menus from view. > > Currently, I only see application menus when I hover over the panel (or > hit F10). > > Recently, I was trying to enable the printer attached to my desktop PC > and in the Printing dialogue's Properties, for my printer, under > Policies, it told me 'Not published - see server settings'. I had no > idea what 'server' it referred to and I had to resort to the user's > mailing list for help. > > There is, of course, a Server menu in the application menu, but with the > application menu out of view, I had no idea it was there. > > So the point I'm making is, that without then application menu visible, > essential functionality may be hidden from the user. Any arrangement > that requires the user to take action to reveal the application menu can > mean that a user, particularly the less experienced user, may lose out > on full enjoyment of the programs functions. > > Tony > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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