Re: Unity feature I'd like to see in Gnome-Shell

["Allan E. Registos" <allan registos smpc steniel com ph>]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:30 AM, John Stowers
<john stowers lists gmail com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 14:04 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote:
>> I just downloaded unity/Ubuntu 11.04 and was playing with it.
>>
>>
>> One feature I really like is the application menu is in the top bar.
>> (ie: the File   Edit   View   Go   Bookmarks   Help)
>
> You mean the global menu? That horrible thing that confusingly
> appears/fades out when applications gain or lose focus and is on
> average, about 894 pixels from my mouse when working in an application?
>
> I certainly hope not.

When your mental attitude is to access the application's menu on its own window, then I think the global menu is horrible as you've said. But the same argument can be applied when defending the usability of GNOME Shell, now for the global menu that if you train your mind that you have to access the application's menu at the top bar, then later on you will be comfortable with it since you are now used to it. The good thing about the global menu is it is very useful in smaller screens even smartphones, and that we can compromise larger screens for that matter. Imagine if you want to use a vanilla GNOME Shell on a tablet and think about the wasted space it gets just for the application menu.

Regards,
Allan