Comment 33 for bug 682788
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| Michael Vogt (mikeyvogt) wrote Re: Global menu is not ergonomical on large screens | #33 |
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We have OS X at work, and I can't tell you how often people get confused by the global menu bar. Users accidentally change focus to a different window, and end up using menus for the wrong program. Separating what the user sees as his or her "application" (i.e. the application window) from the menus confuses users, and for very little benefit. When the file menu is included in the window with the rest of the application, such mistakes are nearly impossible to make.
As a user of OS X and Ubuntu, I'm most disappointed by this decision. It's my least favorite part of OS X (nothing else even comes close), and I would be a much happier Ubuntu user if I'm given an easy option for turning it off in future versions.