Gnome menu's idiosyncrazy....

[Chanchao]

Hello Vincent,

Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 3:59:19 AM, you wrote:

VT> Go for example in the "System" menu. Now move your mouse cursor over the
VT> "Preferences" item. give it just enough time to open the sub-menu and
VT> draw the icons. Now over hte mouse over the "Administration" menu just
VT> next to it, and do the same, let it open. Move your mouse cursor back to
VT> the Preference menu, let it open by itself (don't click), then back to
VT> the other menu. Do this all the time, open one, open the other, back to
VT> first, back to second...
VT> Eventually, at some point, when your move the mouse cursor is over one
VT> of the menu, nothing will happen, the menu will be like "frozen", for a
VT> about a second or so. You will put your mouse over a menu, but it will
VT> take a good second for Gnome to actually open the corresponding menu.

I think that's a feature, not a bug. :) It's Ubuntu's way of saying:
"Listen son, if you ain't makin up your mind about which menu you want then
I ain't playin' this game no mo' ! :)

Cheers,
Chanchao