Unity breaks basic UI principles

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I just upgraded to 11.04 and I can't believe how bad the new Unity desktop is. Apart form being buggy the design breaks fundamental UI principles, the most obvious being that I should be able to see menu items in application windows without mousing over the title bar. Furthermore I can't grasp what Ubuntu think they've gained by hiding menu items like this. It doesn't even save space. When I open GIMP for image editing instead of hitting a menu item directly I now have to first mouse over the title bar and then locate the menu. 2 steps where there was 1. How is that progress?!#@

Another thing - I now have to hunt around and search for simple application categories like Preferences and Administration. Even then the search results seem incomplete compared with 10.10.

The Dock-like sidebar is a good idea - at least now the application icons look professional - but it should be configurable. Without options it's just an imposition. Ubuntu - stop dictating. Linux is about options.

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