Re: panel autohide

[David Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

The most inherit problem with this (beyond my personal disklike) is that
it would break consistency with all non-gnome apps, since most all
existing unix apps have "Windows" like behavior. Since this feature
would be completely incompatible with existing unix programs (gtk 1.2,
motif, qt), in my book it's a bad feature to even consider. This would
not be something minor like changing button ordering to those used by
macOS. It would be a complete paradigm switch.

dave

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 04:29, Michele Campeotto wrote:
> Il mer, 2002-03-20 alle 10:02, bordoley msu edu ha scritto:
> > Honestly, I don't see macos style global menus ever being integrated into
> > gnome as they violate the ui guidlines we have set up. I guess you could email
> > desktop-devel, but I wouldn't count on this being added anytime soon.
> 
>   Well, I'm sure they will not show up soon (that's why I wrote 2.x and
> not 2.0 ;o), but I definitely think they would be a nice addition to
> GNOME.
> 
> > Ps. I really don't think gnome should blantantly copy either windows or macos.
> > MacOS does some things very right (specifically dialog button orders are
> > great, putting the panel on the top of the screen) but personally I hate the
> > macOS global menu. I think it's a bad ui to have the menu bar constantly
> > changing based on what app your using.
> 
>   I'm not saying GNOME should copy this or that, I already see many
> improvements in GNOME UI (I *love* the way the Nautilus location bar
> works when hidden!), and neither I'm sure that global menus are good
> (having never used a Mac...), but reading Tog's considerations
> (www.asktog.com) about them makes me wonder if they are really that
> useful.
>   I also agree with you that having the menubar change when changing app
> may be a problem - as it can be a problem having to click on a window
> before being able to see its menu.
>   Can you point me to some rationale against global menus?
> 
>   I still think they would be a nice option to have (even if hidden
> inside gconftool), though.
> 
> -- 
>   -- Michele - www.micampe.it
> 
> That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
> 
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