[haiku-development] Re: various problems with current developer head
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:48:10 +0100
On 17/01/2015 11:53, Adrien Destugues wrote:
>>> What looks
>>> like a status bar is actually a menu.
>>
>> You mean the menu entry which is in the main menu bar and just happens to be
>> right-aligned? It looks like a status bar?! I thought it was a clever way to
>> not waste any space with the login features. I realize menu entries are
>> usually not used dynamically like this, except when you think about
>> BMenuFields, perhaps. I’ve also had feedback that this interface was a
>> clever idea. Has there been more feedback that users don’t get it that I am
>> not aware of? Also, I wonder why one even needs to notice the „Logged out“
>> entry. Since when you try to rate a package, it automatically makes you log
>> in. And that is the only situation in which you need to be logged in for. So
>> why does it even need to be more obvious?
>
> It's labelled with a status message ("logged out" or "logged in as …"),
> while it is actually a menu. So the label doesn't hint to the possible
> actions.
>
> That doesn't mean it is wrong or that there is a better solution (I
> can't think of one at least), but it's nonstandard.
>
Maybe it should be made different by some tint?
François.
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