On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Farran Lee <fuzz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've not been involved in a mailing list for several years now, so I > apologise in advance if I do things wrong! > Also sorry if this is the wrong place to post this - I put them on a bug > report list a while ago, and somebody suggested that I submit them to you > guys. > > Basically, I made some mockups a while ago (April) for Unity's Global Menu, > which everyone seems to be having trouble with. > They're quite hard to explain properly, so it's probably easier for you to > just look at them. I've tried to explain what's going on in the description > of each image. > They're obviously not perfect - I've just pulled a bunch of ideas together > and tried to make a usable concept. > I am now aware that other people have made similar mockups to mine, but at > the time I hadn't seen any of them. > > Here's the link: http://anaershadowynomaly.deviantart.com/gallery/29691776 > > Please comment and criticize these as much as necessary, then I can try to > improve the design. > I'm more than happy to make more mockups to incorporate new or different > ideas. > > Hope that all made sense :D
I do like that you're pondering how to make menu bars scale below their preferred size. That is something missing from GTK+, and it does cause funny behaviour sometimes. Does anyone know if they would be interested in such behaviour upstream, or was it a conscious decision to have menu bars so strictly sized? In your mockup, window titles have a direct impact on menu usability, which is a relationship that doesn't exist with other desktop environments. In addition, window titles have a direct impact on one's ability to drag a window. From the looks of it, the title becomes the one draggable area on a window title bar, and since people are encouraged to make titles shorter… I'm concerned about both of those relationships, especially together. I don't think we have the power to convince every app developer out there that short window titles are actually a good idea, and I don't think end users will appreciate the limited draggable area — especially with the GIMP example. Dylan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
