Top-left hand corner

Posted Oct 11, 2010 9:42 UTC (Mon) by sladen (guest, #27402)
In reply to: Ubuntu 10.10 released by zzxtty
Parent article: Ubuntu 10.10 released

On Ubuntu Netbook Edition, the menus may appear to be in the top-left cornerwhich is handy as widescreen netbooks have a severe lack of pixels in the vertical direction. I found a screenshot about halfway down the following page ("Music streaming to your phone") which shows this in use:

http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/features

Is that what you were thinking of?

Top-left hand corner

Posted Oct 11, 2010 10:51 UTC (Mon) by zzxtty (guest, #45175) [Link] (2 responses)

Thanks, it looks like this is just about condensing the application and desktop menu bar into one, like the Mac. It's something I find rather awkward, but maybe that's because I've been using computers for so long. I don't expect there to be a huge gap between my application and it's menu, and if my application is maximised how do I get to my desktop menu? Oh well, I don't work in interface design, the last time I did knock up a GUI it looked like something had been sick on my monitor!

Top-left hand corner

Posted Oct 11, 2010 10:52 UTC (Mon) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

It's only for the netbook interface, where every application is maximized. There is no gap.

Top-left hand corner

Posted Oct 11, 2010 22:13 UTC (Mon) by jmm82 (guest, #59425) [Link]

It actually works nice for a netbook because you can't have more than one application open on the screen at the same time. it took me a few days to get used to, but I like it.

My only complaint with Unity is that the top bar appears to be s gnome panel, but it does not allow right click to add or remove applets. This is done on purpose as stated by the rocket-man himself. It appears Unity is targeted at a non Linux user base and in that case many people get confused when they accidentally add or remove applets from the panel. I do not buy it, they could maybe just make it more difficult to enable. I am hoping that there is a method to override this non-feature!