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		themacguffinman on Feb 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hello system, a FreeBSD-based OS designed to resem... The menu bar is one of the most frustrating parts of macOS for me. It kills Fitts' law when navigating browser tabs, which is what I'm trying to do up there 90% of the time.

oneeyedpigeon on Feb 11, 2021 | [–]

I think the trade off - benefitting from Fitts law when you need to use a menu AND saving screen estate - is worth it. At least switching tabs is a trivial keyboard shortcut.

saagarjha on Feb 11, 2021 | [–]

Of course, on macOS the tabs go below the titlebar ;)

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