Gregory J. Barlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> This glass door analogy has worn a bit thin. Its not really
> as applicable to this situation as you make it out to be. A
> menu is distinct in its own right, and the universal way to
> close any menu is the same at present, unlike under your
> proposed system.
But you see, the closing of the menus is not consistent in it's current
form. If I have not torn off a menu, a simple left click of the root closes
all menus. As for window menus, a simple left click elsewhere on the window
frame closes them. These are already differences. Now when we look at torn
menus, no left click of any kind will get right of them. While on all these
menus, a right click will work to remove them, there are inconsistencies.
Additionly, the original post that lead to this discussion indicates that
this right-click capability is not readily appearent to everyone.
Jeff asked:
|Hmm. Maybe torn menus should be marked somehow... anyone have any
|opinions/preferences?
Several options where given. Of those given, the close button seems a good
choice.
> So go use windowmaker and leave us with a simple wm. Windowmaker is a
> really nice window manager; blackbox draws a lot of ideas from it and
> the NeXT interface. But that doesn't mean everything windowmaker
> does it good either.
Likewise it doesn't mean that we should discard ideas just because they may
appear Windowmakerish. I too want simplicity, but not at the cost of
consistency.
Jamin W. Collins
