Alright, thanks for the reply. So, basically Windows and OS X already supports it and Unity coming soon.
How about FreeBSD? Depends on the window manager I suppose but are there any options today? Johannes Lundberg BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD. <http://www.brilliantservice.co.jp> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:10 PM, David Chisnall <[email protected] > wrote: > On 31 Jul 2013, at 09:23, "Lundberg, Johannes" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Are there any ongoing plans on change the default menus of GNUstep? > > > > I know there are work in progress to have GNUstep use Ubuntu's menu > instead of having a floating menu on the desktop. > > > > Are there similar work in progress for making this happen on Windows and > OS X? > > The Windows theme will use in-window menus, drawn with the win32 APIs. I > don't know of anyone using GNUstep for GUI applications on OS X, but if you > request the Mac interface theme then you get Mac-style menus for other > GNUstep applications. This is what I tend to use. You can also select > in-window menus if you prefer them. > > > For me the floating menu is quite awkward and doesn't go well together > with any modern OS of today. It takes up space on the desktop and won't let > you maximize your window without hiding the menu. > > Yes, the NeXT style menu performs very poorly in Fitts' Law analyses as > well. > > > Having GNUstep applications use the OS's menu would be a great > improvement in my opinion. However, I suppose maintenance load would > increase whenever there's a new version of the OS. > > It depends on stable APIs. These exist on Windows and they might > eventually exist with Unity... > > David > >
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