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One for every visible application, lest I have to click on it just to bring 
the menubar up.  

>
> The second is more on the Fitts law aspect (at least as Michael Hirsch has
> explained it to me), and has to do with the idea that items on the edges of
> the interface area are infinite in size; once the pointer hits the edge it
> can't go any further, even if you continue roll the mouse in that edge
> direction forever. Any interface targets at the far edges are, in effect,
> the biggest possible targets and the easiest to hit.  I would add that the
> top edge is probably the most logical for text menu items, because all
> common written languages read top to bottom, even those that may also read
> right to left.
>

I can understand this reasoning, and it does make sense.  But I thought Fitt's 
law was that distance was a major factor.   Putting the menubar outside the 
application is increasing my distance....


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