I really liked #160 sollution, but I would change that icon to something more like the "shelf" icon on Mac or a "menu-like icon" similar to the one of LIM (without the triangle symbol inside).
Also to give the idea of "toggling", the "bubble" of the icon could look like "pressed" when activated (when the menu is visible) and look like as an unpressed button when disabled (not visible) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682788 Title: Global menu is not ergonomical on large screens To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/682788/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

