2013/1/28 Chad Germann <[email protected]> > >in other words: show the title of the window > >whenever the mouse is on the top bar but outside the menu area > > And we don't see the problem with this whole thing by how many words it > took to type that?
Actually, my "other words" are pretty few. You bet I would have employed a lot less words if I described this in Spanish, which is the language I master. Question one Why do I need to see the application name on a full > screened application if I set it to full screen I am pretty sure I will > remember what that application was I agree, but some people might argue the name of the document is useful to know, even on a maximized window. Obviously, on a non-maximized window, the vanishing menu is pure nonsense, let alone the softly truncated application name when the menu appears. This behaviour has never been rationally explained (probably because it can't be) and responds only to some personal aesthetic preferences (guess who's...). > There are a Whole Family of applications > and most of them are the Type //people use to get work Done// that > heavily use the Applications menu. > That's the whole reason this bug exists and is shared by so many people here... I think the proposed solutions would alleviate the main problem which you have defined very well. It's still hard to understand why Canonical/Shuttleworth believes this is a minor or non-issue and keeps postponing the implementation of a solution (or leaving it up to the "petulants") that seems to be clearly resolved from a design point of view. -- 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 Global Menu Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Compiz: Triaged Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed Bug description: ===+++ _____________________ ! ALL USERS ! _____________________ +++=== ===+++ READ THIS BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT OR MODIFICATION +++=== IMPORTANT 1: Please don't post any "me too message"; use the "Does this bug affect you?" feature you can find a bit above this bug description on Launchpad. IMPORTANT 2: Do not post anything if you haven't read all comments to verify that your point hasn't been made. If you feel tempted to stop reading because there are too many messages, that is a strong indicator that you shouldn't add even more comments. Developers have a tough time to find anything if you post redundant stuff. So please abstain from doing that. ========= 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. Please try to find a solution for it that works. 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 ------- 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
