Comments on: Thunderbird’s Ridiculous Menu Structure http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure What happens at LShift Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:07:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: chris http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-312 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:29:31 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-312 <p>> What on earth is the motivation for making the menus different like that?</p> <p>Or indeed, of making the menus separate at all? Far better for Compose to be within the main window, using the single menu bar. Then we wouldn;t have TB windows littering the desktop, nor the nasty problems that occur should the main Window be closed before the Compose window... !</p> > What on earth is the motivation for making the menus different like that?

Or indeed, of making the menus separate at all? Far better for Compose to be within the main window, using the single menu bar. Then we wouldn;t have TB windows littering the desktop, nor the nasty problems that occur should the main Window be closed before the Compose window… !

]]> by: mikeb http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-25 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:46:56 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-25 <p>Perhaps you should say ".. what's the motivation for having the menus different <em>like that</em>?" I expect the motivation for having them different at all is that there are menus and menu items only relevant in the compose window.</p> <p>On my PowerBook the main menu takes <strong>all</strong> of the real estate (covering, for instance, the wireless status thingy), so I can perhaps understand why they would be concerned about screen real estate. On the other hand, you're talking about menu <strong>items</strong> missing, in a menu of about three things, which doesn't make sense at all.</p> <p>Also, this makes the interface more often modal, which matters especially on MacOS for which there is one menu per application.</p> Perhaps you should say “.. what’s the motivation for having the menus different like that?” I expect the motivation for having them different at all is that there are menus and menu items only relevant in the compose window.

On my PowerBook the main menu takes all of the real estate (covering, for instance, the wireless status thingy), so I can perhaps understand why they would be concerned about screen real estate. On the other hand, you’re talking about menu items missing, in a menu of about three things, which doesn’t make sense at all.

Also, this makes the interface more often modal, which matters especially on MacOS for which there is one menu per application.

]]> by: matthew http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-23 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:07:45 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-23 <p>Yes, I have to say that I've yet to come across a windowing system with the consistency and intelligence of RISC OS which hasn't really had any major development since the mid 90s. I think this is why I prefer command-line applications - the interface may be clunky, but at least it's fast. A poorly designed GUI can really slow you down.</p> Yes, I have to say that I’ve yet to come across a windowing system with the consistency and intelligence of RISC OS which hasn’t really had any major development since the mid 90s. I think this is why I prefer command-line applications - the interface may be clunky, but at least it’s fast. A poorly designed GUI can really slow you down.

]]> by: tom berger http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-22 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:10:09 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2005/11/04/thunderbirds-ridiculous-menu-structure#comment-22 <p>did you file a bug? from my past experience mozilla developers have been always responsive to bug reports. that's another advantage you have being a computer programmer - you can write exceptionally useful bug reports!</p> did you file a bug? from my past experience mozilla developers have been always responsive to bug reports. that’s another advantage you have being a computer programmer - you can write exceptionally useful bug reports!

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