I think a bottom bar is also probably better for GUI users; that would put the "File, Edit, View..." menu at the top of the screen. You wouldn't have to aim as carefully. It would also fit in better for dwm at least: the bar in dwm is really a status bar, and not much else. Sure you can click to change tags (a feature I have never deliberately used), but for the most part dwm's bar is read-only, and so it should probably go down there with every other application's status bar.
As for the Apple top bar vs the Windows bottom bar, the Apple bar is actually the menu, and by moving the dwm bar to the bottom we'd be getting the benefit of the "mile-high menu bar" [1] without having to effect major interface renovation. Also when the dwm bar is at the bottom it would have whatever advantage that the Windows taskbar has, in that it shows the open window at the bottom of the screen, plus the status section where the "system tray" would go. Really, by moving the bar south, we'd get the benefits of both platforms. Kurt http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000063.html On 2/7/07, Anselm R. Garbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi there, I'd like to consolidate the bar position of dwm, dmenu and wmii. Apart from being used to, I don't see many reasons in the top vs. bottom discussion. But having the bar in a fixed position means, that we don't need any nasty toggles. What do you think? Do you know of any papers (eg comparing the Apple top bar vs Windows bottom bar)? Are there any rational reasons why the bar belongs to the top or bottom? (Actually for terminal users a bottom bar seems better, because the prompt is more often near to the bottom than to the top)... Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
-- // Kurt H Maier
