[sldev] RE: Landmarks and Navigation Update 2008-05-29

[Felix Duesenburg]

Sarah Hutchinson wrote:
> 
> 
> We discussed the idea of integrating the nav bar into the menu bar, but 
> felt it made the menu bar far too cluttered. There's just so much 
> happening in that area of the UI already. As long as you run Second Life 
> in a full screen window on a large monitor, it can work out great - but 
> for those running Second Life on a smaller display or window, it was 
> just too crowded.
> 
> - Kippie
> 
> 

We'll probably find that there are different tastes, habits and opinions 
here. I usually run SL not in fullscreen mode, but in a window that is 
maximized. That way I still have all functionality available, be it SL 
or outside, but maximum viewing angle. I like my 3D view into the world 
uncluttered and unfettered, and everything else pushed out of the way, 
marginalized. I even use HUD's only sparingly. For me, the big main menu 
is where these things should go and stay. I wonder, what speaks against 
leaving it that way since we can tear off submenus? I'd say all it takes 
is preserving the state and position of a torn off menu across sessions 
to accomodate different usage patterns.

Felix