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At the same time, the single top menu makes it harder to access menu items of two programs simultaneously. If you have two different programs side by side, in
by Qz 17y ago
At the same time, the single top menu makes it harder to access menu items of two programs simultaneously. If you have two different programs side by side, in windows you can just click the menus on either one, but in mac you have to click the window you want to use, then move up to the top to click the menu, then back and so on.
I'm a bit biased, I have double display set up so I constantly switch between 4-5 windows at a time. If I had to click on the top menu all the time as on a mac I would go a little more insane.
Personally I think both the mac and windows setups are junk, which is why I'm making my own desktop shell.
- brehaut 17y agoPurely anecdotally, i have found that applications that are native to the mac are not as reliant on the menu bar for the most of their tasks than their windows counterparts. As a result i don't find having to switch applications to access a menu particularly onerous.
- Qz 17y agoI think menu bars in general are a relic and should be done away with entirely. I can't count how many applications have the obligatory File/Edit/Tools/Help menus when the application has absolutely no need for them. Some of the newer microsoft apps have been moving away from them, which is a good sign, but they're obviously not the king of innovation. I have an idea for how to shake things up, which is what I'm working on.