FC3 Usability Problems

[William Hooper]

Per Nystrom said:
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 18:56, Johnathan Bailes wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:49:05 -0500 (EST), William Hooper
>> <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Per Nystrom said:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> http://www.netmagic.net/~centaur/CustomMenubarIdentified.png
>>>>
>>>
>>> For being a "colossal waste of space" I see quite a bit of empty in
>>> the middle of the panel that isn't being used.  Why is adding some
>>> text a waste of space when there is a bunch unused?
>>>
[snip]
> Considering that this new menu bar takes up fully 5 times the horizontal
> space that the old red hat icon did and yet it does basically the same
> thing, I think "colossal waste of space" is a fair way to describe it.
>
> To really pick nits: the most space it should require to get exactly the
> same functionality as with the new "Custom Menu Bar" would be for two icons
> that expand into "Applications" and "Actions" menus.

Let me rephrase the question, what would you gain back if the text were
removed?  More empty space to add to all that space in the middle?

-- 
William Hooper