Implementation issues (was: Re: Look & feel, future plans)

[Tim Harrison]

Bissell, Tim wrote:

> A bug is a bug, so this has no bearing on whether horizontal menus
> are "better" than vertical - you might end up with a different app's
> menu floating on top of yours, with a fixed-position
> Mac-like Horizontal menu.

This is true.  And my response to that message was not intended to 
relate to the "which is better" debate.  That wasn't what I was going for.

I was simply pointing out that if you build a Ferrari that can't be 
driven on any existing roads, then either you have to redesign your 
Ferrari, or convince every nation on the planet to change their roads to 
conform to your Ferrari.

I don't know about you, but I think it's easier to redesign the Ferrari. ;)

So, if GNUstep can be modified to behave correctly, despite whether 
there are flaws in the window manager preventing menu behaviour from 
doing what it's supposed to do, shouldn't it be added to the listing of 
things to review/fix?

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Tim Harrison
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