Re: [Usability]Re: Menu guidelines updated

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 10Sep2001 02:14PM (-0700), Adam Elman wrote:
> 
> I think there are other ways to minimize the amount of screen real 
> estate that a program like that takes up.  I have generally found the 
> lack of WM controls on XMMS to be really irritating, although it does 
> help it to look cooler.  It makes it impossible to drag across 
> virtual desktops, for example.
> 

Yeah, xmms doesn't really integrate with the environment. One thing
I've seen on Windows, MacOS X and MacOS Classic for floating windows
that shouldn't take a lot of space is a miniature title bar that's not
as tall and has smaller versions of the usual buttons and text. I have
seen this used in inappropriate contexts (for instance the Force Quit
window on OS X has one, but that's certainly not something people are
likely to keep up all the time and it's a pretty large window in the
first place). But it's really great for pallette type windows and
would probably work well for low-real-estate media player type
programs.

Regards,

Maciej