On 2005-02-14 09:41:26 +0000 Markus Hitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Am 14.02.2005 um 06:38 schrieb Alex Perez: > >> You also may not realize that one of the very useful things about GNUstep >> menus is that the submenus are detachable, which many, many, many people >> find quite useful. > > How about making the whole menu bar detachable? Stick it to the screen's top > for beginners and let power users drag it around. > I must say that one of the things I really like in Jesse's mockup is the way he handled the "floating" menu; I wasn't sure that it would really survive outside of a NeXT look, and thus I always thought horizontal menus important in new look considerations, but after seing the work that Nicolas made in the Camaelon theme I began changing my mind. The mockup totally dissipates it though... what could be viewed as something "old school" stands out as something refreshing and "modern" as anything. It is for me one of the things in the ( very well made!) mockup that stands out as more refined, as giving that extra charisma to the desktop. Without it I think we would lose one of the defining characteristics of a GNUstep DE (new theme or not). The fact that Apple has an horizontal menu is actually fortunate in this regard since the floating menu makes GNUstep unique (again, I'm talking in a Desktop Environment sense, not single application). I'm not against having the option, but I must stress that when looking at the mockup the floating menu doesn't subtract nothing, but instead adds grace, function and charisma. Best regards, fsmunoz -- Frederico Mu�oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
