Hi Jürgen,

I do not comprehend the advantages of the menu on top approach (apple
approach).
> With high resolution, big screens and several (not maximised) windows, the
> distance i have to move the mouse grows much higher.


My experience with top-panel menus has been that yes, they're farther away
but no, they're not more difficult to reach because I could "throw" the
cursor to the top of the screen and be sure it would land on the menu.

As for the advantages, I think it would go well with Gnome3's efforts to
remove clutter and distractions, by hiding every menubar except for the one
from the active window. Seriously, I can't recall ever having wanted to open
the menubar of an inactive window, partly because in most cases they're
half-hidden anyway and you need to raise the window first, so why not go all
the way and hide them entirely?

Also, I think it would give purpose to the top panel. Right now you have the
application's name over there, and get a single "Quit" option when you click
it, which looks sad and lonely to me. I don't know if there are any other
plans for that, though.
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