Tako rzecze Kurt H Maier (w e-mailu datowanym 2007-02-07, 10:42): > 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.
Actually I probably almost never actually point and click at the menus as I tend to use either direct accelerators for GUI oriented programs or navigate the menu by keyboard (alt-something, then something). Your argument is still convincing and I think we should try and test dwm's usability with the bar at the bottom. Best, [a] -- . Antoni Grzymala - antoni (at) chopin.edu.pl -------------------. | OpenPGP KeyID EB315583 available now from a keyserver near you | | Fingerprint A819 6D2E D5EB D9E0 D2D9 7AF6 2FAF 4A11 EB31 5583 | `----------------------------------------------------------------'
