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> I know a lot of people hate global menubars but I’ve always loved them and it kills me that they’re not a practical option on the Linux desktop, despite ultim
by lmz 2y ago
> I know a lot of people hate global menubars but I’ve always loved them and it kills me that they’re not a practical option on the Linux desktop, despite ultimate customizability being one of the most frequently-cited reasons to use Linux as a desktop OS.
Isn't that the point? It's so customizable that app writers opt out of menubars. And the system menubar has no power over the apps.
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoI meant customizability for the end user, which in my opinion should rarely if ever be compromised by app devs. As for the global menubar, it doesn’t need to wield any power over third party apps… it’s just there to display a list of menus provided by the front most app, and there’s not really a good reason for apps to not provide that even if their devs don’t want a menubar within the app’s window.
- lmz 2y agoIf you can't code your own <whatever> are you really the intended user of the customizable Linux desktop? /s But if there's no standard for it supported by at least Qt and GTK+ then you can't expect it to "just work". Even then you'd get the apps that use some other toolkit that doesn't work.