Strictly coincidence, but TUAW reader MacaholiQ8 wrote in yesterday asking if we knew of any a lication that would enable him to expand/extend his menubar. Seems his 12" Powerbook just doe 't offer enough screen real estate to accommodate all his precious menulings (or menu extras, if you're a stickler).
Well I know how you feel, MacaholiQ8, because I have been asking this same question of pretty much anyone who'd listen for a while now. In fact, it was my very own entry into the My Dream A contest - which obviously didn't make the cut. I'm baffled as to why. I think my dream a is more practical and worthy than that virtual plant (no offe e, Dan - good luck! seriously!).
It just doe 't make se e to me. We can add things to the menu bar, remove things from the menu bar, rearrange things in the menu bar, even hide the menu bar altogether. But no one has figured out how to extend the menu bar - or if they have they are keeping the secret close to their vest.
I have 48-inches (24x2) of glorious screen real estate to fill on my desk and I can't find a way to get my menu bar to an acro both di lays. Similarly, when I'm on my 12" Powerbook I end up not being able to use half my menu bar items since they get hidden or pushed away off the right side by A lication- ecific menus encroaching from the left. That's just plain wrong.
Is it just me? Does no one else (aside from MacaholiQ8) have any desire to extend or expand their menu bar by way of multi-monitor a ing or drop-down menu acce for illover, ala Safari's Bookmarks Bar? Is there already a way to do this that I have just been too blind to see or will I have to offer a hefty bounty to some hotshot developer to hook me up?
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