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Menu location: Having the menu at the top of the screen actually makes it easier/quicker to click (see Fitts' Law) While I see that this is true for smaller mo
by sendos 16y ago
Menu location: Having the menu at the top of the screen actually makes it easier/quicker to click (see Fitts' Law)
While I see that this is true for smaller monitors, it becomes less true with today's large monitors. When I have a small window on the lower-right part of my large monitor, it becomes a hassle to move the mouse all the way over to the top-left of the screen, select my menu item, and then move it all the way back to the lower-right of the screen to continue working on what I was working on.
- bradleyland 16y agoA note on tone: I don't mean for this to be a tit-for-tat. Just sharing things that work for me, so hopefully they'll benefit you :) I work on a 24" display running at 1920 x 1200, so I've definitely experienced that long run to the menu bar. This is compounded by the fact that "Maximum" mouse speed on a Mac is a snail's pace compared to what I used to use on a PC. I grabbed a little utility called MagicPrefs to fix that issue: http://magicprefs.com/ http://magicprefs.com/ Outside of that, I've always been a keyboard junkie. There isn't much you can't do from the keyboard in OS X, and if you discover something you can't OS X has really robust Keyboard Shortcut customization. You can literally create or re-map any shortcut in any application from System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. Lifehacker article on that subject: http://bit.ly/11Z2c6 http://bit.ly/11Z2c6 If I use a menu item more than once or twice a day, I memorize or create a shortcut for it.