On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov
<ap@webkit.org> wrote:
21.09.2011, в 10:56, Eric Uhrhane написал(а):
>> one can always move the mouse pointer to top of screen to get back their menu bar.
> Is that a Mac thing?
Yes, this is how fullscreen applications regularly work on OS X.
> Mousing around in a fullscreen flash app on
> Linux or Windows 7 certainly doesn't pop up a menu bar when I hit the
> top. And the way out is always to hit ESC [although there's often a
> button as well, depending on the application], so I'm not sure what
> the problem with fullscreen mouse lock would be.
I do not have recent knowledge of Linux, but my understanding is that Windows UI is undergoing a major redesign with Metro, so basing APIs largely on how Windows used to work up to version 7 may not be future proof.
Yes, but >90% of internet users are not familiar with Metro. They are familiar with Windows as it exists today (XP thru 7).
-Darin
- WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov