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My chief criticism with a global menu bar is the breaking of contexts compared to window-specific menu bars. Unless I'm working in a maximized window, I need t
by Dalewyn 3y ago
My chief criticism with a global menu bar is the breaking of contexts compared to window-specific menu bars.
Unless I'm working in a maximized window, I need to take my cursor and thus my attention outside of the window I'm working in. That takes mental effort to switch contexts, longer physical distance moving my hand and arm, and additional time incurred from all that extra work.
In a word, it's inefficient.
- kitsunesoba 3y agoProbably depends on way of thinking or workflow. It's never been an issue for me. I also think that regardless, a global menubar is better than a hamburger menu because it allows far more functions to be surfaced in an efficient, consistent, organized manner. Hamburger menus only contain what the developer deems "essential" and have no rhyme or reason, which makes for considerable chunks of functionality that are buried in dialog tunnels.
- marssaxman 3y agoAre you familiar with Fitts' law? The advantage of the global menu bar is that you don't have to find it: you just flick your cursor quickly upward, and it will stop at the top of the screen, right on the menu bar. This can be more efficient, unless you have for some reason chosen a flat pointer acceleration curve.
- teo_zero 3y agoOk, you convinced me about the upward trip. Now what about returning to the app window?