Menu Bar & Settings layout is very confusing

Darthagnon commented 4 months ago

Have you read a contributing guide?

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Clear and concise description of the problem

I find the current menu bar layout confusing and non-standard. Similarly, I find the current settings layout also very confusing, which divides the settings between 8 entries in a cluttered submenu, 2 settings screens, and doesn't seem to present all available settings (https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts/issues/717#issuecomment-2104600584).

Current

| Anytype | File | Edit | Window |  Help | Debug | Version |

... with a lot of confusing and non-standard submenu options below them.

Suggested replacement

| File | Edit | View | Help |

Anytype >> Settings moved to under Edit >> Preferences (Mac standard) or File >> Options / Tools >> Options (Windows)
Settings menu bar submenu should not exist, it should all be on one popup settings page. Vault and Space settings should be merged, Import/Export/New Object should be under File as they are not settings.
Debug and Version under Help >> Debug and Help >> Version
View is exactly current Window menu, but with a more standard name
Anytype >> About Anytype moved to Help >> About Anytype
Anytype Hide/Show options moved to View
Anytype >> Check for updates moved to Help >> Check for updates
A lot of options from the ellipsis . . . menu could be moved to the menu bar, and have all these options in a standard place and easier to find, e.g. File >> Print, File >> Export, Edit >> Move to Bin, Edit >> Use as Template

I'll see if I can knock together a prototype.

Alternative

I don't understand the menu options, so the alternative is I don't use Anytype...

Additional context

No response

Darthagnon commented 4 months ago

JSFiddle

Here's a mockup of a more sensible menu layout: https://jsfiddle.net/Darthagnon/cx4jt78q/205/

Darthagnon commented 3 months ago

I noticed that the menu bar design has changed in the latest update. The layout is just as confusing as before, but now there's lots of useless padding and the dropdown menus are all rounded and ugly, rather than looking like native Windows dropdowns.

I'm uninstalling. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

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