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Others here address how global menus aren't confusing. I'll point out a different advantage. Having the menu bar stuck at the very top of the screen makes it
by DannyB2 5y ago
Others here address how global menus aren't confusing. I'll point out a different advantage.
Having the menu bar stuck at the very top of the screen makes it possible to just "zoom" the mouse pointer rapidly to the top. The pointer cannot go off the top of the screen, so you're on the menu bar and can immediately click the button and begin sliding the mouse pointer across the menus to see each one drop down as the pointer crosses it.
This seems subtle, but you wouldn't believe how much faster it is than having menus on windows.
In addition, all of those menu bars on all of those windows are using up valuable screen real estate space.
That global menu bar instantly changes to the menu bar of the front most window when you bring a different window to the front.
- kevincox 5y agoThe global menu does have the aiming advantage. The sapce advantage is mixed. If you have windows side-by side (which seems more common than stacked vertically) per-window is actually better as often the global menu doesn't take up the full width of the screen. Changing to the active window is actually a downside. It means that I need to activate a window before I can open the menu. Especially if the window is not at the top of the screen it can make a lot of travel distance to do those two clicks. There are definitely pros and cons to both options.