Re: [MiNT] XaAES 1.18 desktop

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:12:09 , "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
> Am 18.06.2011, 16:55 Uhr, schrieb Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>:
>
> > On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 16:19 +0200, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> >
> >> Actually I don't consider  this issue to be finished yet.
> >
> > I like the way it's done in N.AES. You can either set the menu to be
> > hidden or visible in n_aes.cnf. If it's visible, everything acts like
> > we're used to (menu always visible, root window origo below menubar).
> >
> > If it's hidden, the root window geometry is identical to the screen
> > geometry. The menu appears whenever the mouse cursor touches the upper
> > border of the screen. When you leave the menubar, it disappears again.
>
> I thought to do this, but now I guess it's kinda annoying when suddenly a
> menu pops up when you move the mouse to a certain place. I won't do this.
>
> You can always open it with C-A-blank, and it disappears when finished,
> which I think is much better than the N.AES-way.
>

I didn't use the NAES way but it is more natural when using the mouse to
not have to switch to a keystroke and then back to the mouse.

How about a small "icon" on the screen to pull down the menubar and leave it there
until it is clicked again ?

Regards,

Peter