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> In other words, it's both modal and it wastes real screen estate. The Windows 7-style Start Menu is modal too in the sense that you can't interact with the d
by arthurfm 12y ago
> In other words, it's both modal and it wastes real screen estate.
The Windows 7-style Start Menu is modal too in the sense that you can't interact with the desktop at the same time you are interacting with the Start Menu.
The other thing I don't particularly like about the Start Menu is that shortcuts and folders with long names get cut off due to the width of the menu itself.
Screens are a bit like RAM in my opinion. There to be used.
- wfunction 12y ago> The Windows 7-style Start Menu is modal too in the sense that you can't interact with the desktop at the same time you are interacting with the Start Menu. Huh? If you define it that way then everything is modal because you can only ever interact with one window at a given time (one mouse, one keyboard, etc.)
- AndrewDucker 12y agoNo, Windows 7 Start Menu is different. If I open it, start typing, and switch to a different window, then it loses all of its state, and has to restart from scratch if I go back to it.