> This is a perfect use case fur the HUD. Press alt. No, the HUD is only good when you know exactly what command you want to run , i.e. you're an experienced user, and then only if the application supports it.
The menu should always be visible for reasons of dicsoverability and usability. How can anyone know that a menu is even there if you don't show it? Some applications have one and some don't. > We can also argue that having a global menu for anything make the user maximize because this user don't want to move his mouse all over his desk to only reveal a menu ... Move his mouse all over his desk? I have a very high resolution monitor and it takes about 0.2 seconds, and about 1-2cm of mouse movement, to move my mouse from the bottom corner to the top corner of the screen. I am using Ubuntu 12 with the default mouse sensitivity settings. A new user won't mind moving his mouse that 1-2cm. An very experienced user will use the HUD or other shortcuts. Surely the aim is to make users comfortable enough with applications until they can only use the HUD or shortcuts? Reducing clutter is a nice goal but you should never sacrifice usability to get there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682788 Title: Improve Unity menus Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Compiz: Triaged Status in Compiz Core: Triaged Status in Unity: In Progress Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed Bug description: Global menu in general (not only in Unity) is very unergonomic on large screens (see the attached screenshot) because if you have a small window somewhere near the low right corner you have to move the cursor all the way up to to panel to reach the menu. I understand why the global menu was used for the netbook edition (it saves space and most windows are maximized), but since Unity is intended to be for the desktop edition there should be an option to switch to the traditional position of the app menu. It would be welcomed by many desktop users. A commonly suggested solution is: [ ] Global Menu on [ ] Global Menu off [ ] Global Menu only for maximized windows The default is usually suggested as either the first (on) or last (on only for maximized windows). ------------------------------------- Desired change: Implement the 'Enhanced Menu' project for 12.10. This project will address the issue described in this bug and also issues described in the duplicates of this bus. Note this is the 'official' bug that tracks the implementation of this project. The following options will be added to 'System Settings/Appearance': ------- Menus Location: Global/Local Visibility: Hidden/Always displayed ------- More details to follow during the 12.10 cycle... ;-) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/682788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
