Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Luke Benstead
On 18 February 2011 11:10, David Stevenson da...@avoncliff.com wrote: On 18/02/11 04:38, Greg K Nicholson wrote: Why not integrate (and hide) the menu bar in the title bar instead for ummaximized windows? This makes sense logically. I also like this idea. My top panel has always been full,

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Luke Benstead
On 18 February 2011 12:25, Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 February 2011 11:10, David Stevenson da...@avoncliff.com wrote: On 18/02/11 04:38, Greg K Nicholson wrote: Why not integrate (and hide) the menu bar in the title bar instead for ummaximized windows? This makes sense

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 13:25, Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I don't think it's that much of a problem. Fitt's law keeps being quoted as an excuse to do stuff over and above other factors. That's one way of seeing it. [...] more sensible (IMO) to consistently display the

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Sebastian Schepens
Yeah, I don't think it's that much of a problem. Fitt's law keeps being quoted as an excuse to do stuff over and above other factors. I'm still unhappy that the global menu has been implemented despite not-working well with dual-monitors, focus follows mouse, or really large resolutions, but

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Andrew Laignel
*Cough* https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Firefox-4-Mockup-i06-%28Win7%29-%28Aero%29-%2 8TabsTop%29.png *cough* :) On 18/02/2011 12:45, Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 February 2011 12:25, Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 February 2011 11:10, David Stevenson

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Luke Benstead
On 18 February 2011 13:23, Andrew Laignel a.laig...@sportsweb.biz wrote: *Cough* https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Firefox-4-Mockup-i06-%28Win7%29-%28Aero%29-%2 8TabsTop%29.png *cough* :) Err... yeah, like that :) Luke. ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Ayatana] hiding unmounted bookmarks

2011-02-18 Thread Ronald McCollam
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:20 +0100, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: the reason for me to reconsider this in the first place, is that somebody would be unlikely to bookmark a location, knowing that it would become physically unavailable soon. I wouldn't bookmark a location, if i plan not to

Re: [Ayatana] hiding unmounted bookmarks

2011-02-18 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 15:53, Ronald McCollam ronald.mccol...@canonical.com wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:20 +0100, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: the reason for me to reconsider this in the first place, is that somebody would be unlikely to bookmark a location, knowing that it would

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Paul Sladen
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Luke Benstead wrote: On 18 February 2011 13:23, Andrew Laignel a.laig...@sportsweb.biz wrote: https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Firefox-4-Mockup-i06-%28Win7%29-%28Aero%29-%28TabsTop%29.png *cough* Err... yeah, like that :) These kinds of menus are okay for very

Re: [Ayatana] hiding unmounted bookmarks

2011-02-18 Thread Mario Vukelic
On So, 2011-02-13 at 15:20 +0100, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: somebody would be unlikely to bookmark a location, knowing that it would become physically unavailable soon. I wouldn't bookmark a location, if i plan not to attach that thumbdrive or external hdd again anytime soon. I'm

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 18:39, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Luke Benstead wrote: On 18 February 2011 13:23, Andrew Laignel a.laig...@sportsweb.biz wrote: https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Firefox-4-Mockup-i06-%28Win7%29-%28Aero%29-%28TabsTop%29.png*cough*

Re: [Ayatana] hiding unmounted bookmarks

2011-02-18 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:57, Mario Vukelic mario.vuke...@dantian.orgwrote: I'm exactly opposite, and for me the current behavior is perfect. For example, I have my mp3s on the internal HD, but my flac collection is on an external USB disk. When this is plugged in, I want the Music Storage

Re: [Ayatana] hiding unmounted bookmarks

2011-02-18 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 20:46, Jeremy Nickurak jer...@nickurak.ca wrote: On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:57, Mario Vukelic mario.vuke...@dantian.orgwrote: I'm exactly opposite, and for me the current behavior is perfect. For example, I have my mp3s on the internal HD, but my flac collection is on

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Mitja Pagon
- Original Message - From: frederik nnaji frederik.nn...@gmail.com As a rule one can say: every submenu is a workaround to a design problem. The best design is instantaneous, the best menu is a menu that doesn't exist, the best UI is a UI that doesn't exist. Once we add a layer,

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread Mitja Pagon
- Original Message - From: frederik nnaji frederik.nn...@gmail.com yes, i give you that, taken literally it can't make sense that easily ;) The purpose of technology is not to be in our way, but to achieve goals. In that respect, the best technology or technique is one which

[Ayatana-commits] [Merge] lp:~ted/dbusmenu/ltr-rtl-property into lp:dbusmenu

2011-02-18 Thread Ted Gould
Ted Gould has proposed merging lp:~ted/dbusmenu/ltr-rtl-property into lp:dbusmenu. Requested reviews: DBus Menu Team (dbusmenu-team) For more details, see: https://code.launchpad.net/~ted/dbusmenu/ltr-rtl-property/+merge/50380 Adding tracking of text direction so we can handle cases of

[Ayatana-commits] [Merge] lp:~ted/dbusmenu/selective-properties into lp:dbusmenu

2011-02-18 Thread Ted Gould
Ted Gould has proposed merging lp:~ted/dbusmenu/selective-properties into lp:dbusmenu. Requested reviews: DBus Menu Team (dbusmenu-team) For more details, see: https://code.launchpad.net/~ted/dbusmenu/selective-properties/+merge/50396 When we do an GetLayout send that we want the type and

[Ayatana-commits] [Merge] lp:~ted/dbusmenu/need-some-love into lp:dbusmenu

2011-02-18 Thread Ted Gould
Ted Gould has proposed merging lp:~ted/dbusmenu/need-some-love into lp:dbusmenu with lp:~ted/dbusmenu/ltr-rtl-property as a prerequisite. Requested reviews: DBus Menu Team (dbusmenu-team) For more details, see: https://code.launchpad.net/~ted/dbusmenu/need-some-love/+merge/50403 Adds in a

[Ayatana-commits] [Merge] lp:~ted/indicator-application/love-null-pointers into lp:indicator-application

2011-02-18 Thread Ted Gould
Ted Gould has proposed merging lp:~ted/indicator-application/love-null-pointers into lp:indicator-application. Requested reviews: Indicator Applet Developers (indicator-applet-developers) For more details, see: