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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Improvements to menubar
From:       Dave Leigh <dave.leigh () cratchit ! org>
Date:       2000-04-30 0:16:27
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Torsten Rahn wrote:
> >
> > Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > >
> > > Whether or not the top of screen mode is made the default for KDE, the
> > > menubar needs a few improvements made.
> >
> > "If you want" MacOS " , you know where to find it."
>
> I sure do. But I want KDE to be *better* than MacOS, and not just a
> Windows clone. Why do you think I'm using KDE now instead of my Mac?
>
> The point is, all of my suggestions are valid whether the menubar is
> at the top of the screen or stuck under a window's titlebar or even
> dragged off into a floating palette like in Gnome. If you have
> sensible objections to my suggestions, we'd all like to hear them.
>
> --
> Steven D'Aprano

As for sensible objections, the first I can think of is that most of your
suggestions are configurable already, such as the font and using a different
K menu icon.  Personally, I like subdued widgets, because I want to
concentrate on the task, not on overtly gaudy colorful, flashing, sparkling,
or animated widgets.

Secondly, by moving the icon away from the screen you're visually divorcing
it from the corner of the screen.  New users, especially, will attempt to hit
the target with the mouse, and that means they will slow down at the corner
whether they need to or not, effectively undermining the benefits of Fitts'
Observation.

As for the K menu behaving differently, I believe you'll find it's not
behaving differently; it's a different menu.  It's separated by the vertical
bar that you've erased in your second illustration.  You'll notice that hold
and drag and "open menu follows mouse" doesn't work outside the menubar you
opened.


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