perhaps there should be an indicator to let users know if there are application specific menu items hidden in the global menu?
Sincerely, Josh On Feb 29, 2012 2:25 PM, "alex diavatis" <alexis.diava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course, it would be wonderful or terrible if we have global menus, >> but we don't. We have "Application Menus"... what's the difference? > > > I just tried shell 3.3.5 on Fedora 17 alpha, and I noticed the application > menu on Gnome Docs. This is a bit confusing > because it isn't like global gnome app menu, but is quite specific to > Gnome Docs. Gnome Docs hasn't any kind of > menu but global menu. > So every time the user should check global menus for extra functionality > on any App, or he might miss extra functionality > because he won't check global menus. > > I think that Shell UI is very intelligent and smart, but this feature > seems like a step backward. I personally like hidden menus, > like Firefox. One button, BOOM, mega menu. > > Application menu, is good for options like "create new, close, move to > another workspace, etc" but not for display grid or list > view on Gnome Docs. That option I think it should belong to GTK App Menu. > > On the other hand, you do great job and I trust every single change you > made! > Keep up good work, > Cheers.. > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Adam Tauno Williams < > awill...@whitemice.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 17:38 +0000, Gabriel Rossetti wrote: >> >> > I just read this >> > ( >> http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/looking-forward-to-gnome-3-4/) >> article on Gnome 3.4. It looks like since it’s forcing the new global menus >> breaks the sloppy mouse focus, how are you going to fix this (are you? I >> hope so...)? >> >> Well, it says "Application menus have now arrived, so that GNOME >> applications can place a menu in the top bar. " >> >> I don't know that this necessarily implies a Mac like menu system [I >> certainly hope not, that would certainly drive me from GNOME; and I'm a >> huge fan of GNOME3]. It just says applications *can* place menu in the >> top bar. I think there are cases where this is appropriate. It would >> certainly be better than the lousy status icon in the constantly >> vanishing, hovering, vanishing bottom notification bar that apps like >> banshee currently use. [Note: not a critcism of Banshee, Banshee ROCKS! >> ] >> >> > What I don’t quite understand, is that one thing a lot of people hate >> > about unity is the global menus, I even read an article saying that in >> > future versions of Mac OS X it’s possible that it will disappear >> >> I know nothing about Mac OS/X. And I don't find what they choose to >> do/not-do to be particularly relevant or interesting. >> >> > (sorry, no longer have the link), so why is Gnome Shell switching to >> > it? If it was optional then I’d understand, some people may like that, >> > but others don’t. >> > >> >> >> -- >> System & Network Administrator [ LPI & NCLA ] >> <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> >> OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us> >> Adam Tauno Williams >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
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