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Modern desktops

Posted Apr 17, 2011 13:23 UTC (Sun) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861)
In reply to: Modern desktops by tjc
Parent article: Ubuntu reaffirms Unity plan for 11.04

> I think that solution would probably lead to what I call "electric fence
> syndrome," which is the feeling of apprehension one gets when wandering
> too close to an electric fence, or moving one's mouse pointer too close
> to a mouse-over javascript menu, or working with an FTP connection with a
> 15-second timeout.

Heh :-)

However, it depends on whether you believe one of the main justifications for the global menu. By putting the menu at the top of the screen your menu becomes "infinitely high"; you don't need to aim your mouse, you can just throw it up the screen, since when it hits the top it will stop. If that's how it works then "electric fence syndrome" might not be such a problem.


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Modern desktops

Posted Apr 18, 2011 2:34 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

It doesn't matter how high the menu is if it switches to another app before you reach it.


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