In the menu bar, when we open a menu, and send the mouse moving across the menu bar, the menu will also open according to the item your cursor rests on. Because of this, many users get frusturated when this happens when they’re dealing with deeply nested menus…
So why not disable the ability to pan across menus just by hovering the menu buttons in the menu bar?
Mezzo’s designer thinks that deeply nested menus are evil.
The idea that changing method to access those menus could make them better is true. But maybe we should remove the whole menu and replace it with something more useful. I’m wondering how you should do it in order to get it right. Mezzo really had the way, but I have the feeling it is missing yet something important.
The concept in my opinion only applies to the main system menus like the start menu but not applications. I havent seen any screenie dealing with menus within an app
Leaflord, I don’t quite understand what your suggestion is. I must need some caffeine, but can you spell it out for a dense soul like myself?
Yea i was wondering if all understood what im saying 
Okay here’s nother go on explaining it…
1)On your menu bar, press the ‘file’ menu button
2)Move your mouse over the menu bar to ‘edit’ menu button (which is what you find next to the menu bar in most programs)
You will notice that the edit menu opens instead… If you’re dealing with multi-nested menus, and move your mouse… sayonara… I’ve noted that the menus switch a li’l too much for me too (maybe its just the trackpad)
Leaflord wrote:
Yea i was wondering if all understood what im saying :P Okay here's nother go on explaining it..1)On your menu bar, press the ‘file’ menu button
2)Move your mouse over the menu bar to ‘edit’ menu button (which is what you find next to the menu bar in most programs)You will notice that the edit menu opens instead…
Okay, I thought this is what you were referring to. To be clear, this specifically isn’t what your grief is about, correct?
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If you're dealing with multi-nested menus, and move your mouse... sayonara... I've noted that the menus switch a li'l too much for me too (maybe its just the trackpad)
This is the part I’m still having trouble grasping. I guess I’ll have to wait until I get home so I can play around and see what you’re saying.
I know ms windows behaves like this, but i’m almost sure Beos doesn’t.
I’m not behind my machine righht now, but i’m almost certain that on my installation (R5.03 + BONE) only the clicked menu will keep open… even if you move your mouse to another item.
I don’t know what I prefer though. If you are searching for a specific option, it can be very convenient when you only have to move your cursor to each item instead of clicking them all. But it can be very annoying if you move your mouse accidentally…
Maybe Haiku should let the user choose his preference… (Maybe this option exists already in r5??)