Comments on: Helpful Tip: Display Mac Menubar Underneath Your Mouse http://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-display-mac-menubar-underneath-your-mouse/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 02:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-display-mac-menubar-underneath-your-mouse/#comment-140722 Ryan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:46:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13751#comment-140722 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-140602" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>Ouch, that would drive me bonkers too. For sure this is better than nothing. Good to see OSX designers are not perfect in the usability department either :) (the separation of the application specific menu from the application is generally touted as a usability win I believe)</blockquote></div> It's nice having the application menu separated because it gives more room for the UI, but it does have downsides like the one this article focuses on. The usability factor can definitely be improved for multi-monitor displays.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-140616" rel="nofollow">emaven wrote:</a><blockquote>If you hold the control key while clicking a one button mouse, you will get a contextual menu under the pointer where ever you are. And if you have a 2 button mouse, you can do the same with a right click.</blockquote></div> Sure, but that wasn't really what this article was about. Our problem was not having easy access to the Mac Menubar (File, View, etc...) for applications on a secondary monitor. Change wrote:
Ouch, that would drive me bonkers too. For sure this is better than nothing. Good to see OSX designers are not perfect in the usability department either :) (the separation of the application specific menu from the application is generally touted as a usability win I believe)

It’s nice having the application menu separated because it gives more room for the UI, but it does have downsides like the one this article focuses on. The usability factor can definitely be improved for multi-monitor displays.

emaven wrote:
If you hold the control key while clicking a one button mouse, you will get a contextual menu under the pointer where ever you are. And if you have a 2 button mouse, you can do the same with a right click.

Sure, but that wasn’t really what this article was about. Our problem was not having easy access to the Mac Menubar (File, View, etc…) for applications on a secondary monitor.

]]> By: emavenhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-display-mac-menubar-underneath-your-mouse/#comment-140616 emaven Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:43:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13751#comment-140616 If you hold the control key while clicking a one button mouse, you will get a contextual menu under the pointer where ever you are. And if you have a 2 button mouse, you can do the same with a right click. If you hold the control key while clicking a one button mouse, you will get a contextual menu under the pointer where ever you are. And if you have a 2 button mouse, you can do the same with a right click.

]]> By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-display-mac-menubar-underneath-your-mouse/#comment-140602 Change Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:38:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13751#comment-140602 Ouch, that would drive me bonkers too. For sure this is better than nothing. Good to see OSX designers are not perfect in the usability department either :) (the separation of the application specific menu from the application is generally touted as a usability win I believe) Ouch, that would drive me bonkers too. For sure this is better than nothing. Good to see OSX designers are not perfect in the usability department either :) (the separation of the application specific menu from the application is generally touted as a usability win I believe)

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