Re: [Usability] HIG has severe "MS Windows" flaws.

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 20:09,
Den=?iso-8859-1?Q?=EDs_Fern=E1ndez_Cabrera?= wrote:

> But the correct solution is to code menu
> triggering as a broadening cone, instead as a rectangular region, so that
> the user can drift off from the parent entry on his way to the new
> submenu.

Hmm... I believe this is pretty much how it does work (and certainly
seemed to when I tried it there just now)-- I vaguely remember the
original discussions about it three or so years ago.  Maybe it needs
some tweaking, but I've never had a problem with it personally.

> Or, what is the greatest flaw in GNOME pannel? Or on maximized mode of
> applications such as Inkscape? The fact that pannel launchers, and
> Inkscape's maximized menues, end a pixel or two before the edge of the
> screen.

Panel launchers go right to the edge of the screen for me-- which
version of GNOME are you using?  I can't comment on Inkscape though,
I've never really used it.

Cheeri,
Calum.
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