There’s a major change coming to the Unity interface this April when Canonical releases Ubuntu 14.04, Trusty Tahr: Application menus are going back into their separate windows instead of existing in a ...

Mac OS X's application Help menu is extremely handy, searching for (and pointing out) any action within an application's title bar menu as-you-type. Even better? It's keyboard-shortcut handy, and as ...

[Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2009 series. Every day until the end of June 2009, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or ...

While the menu extras in OS X are convenient, sometimes they can be occluded by the application or system menus. Here are some ways to manage them to prevent this from happening. Topher Kessler ...

Ubuntu 15.04, code-named Vivid Vervet, launches today and it’s bringing the controversial systemd project along with it. The first difference you’ll notice about Ubuntu’s desktop are its “locally ...

Always have the information you need at the top of the screen.

Maybe I missed it in the article, but it is worth pointing out that the new placement is actually new, ie. it is in the titlebar itself as evident from the screenshots, rather than being under it as ...

In OS X you can conveniently create your own custom keyboard hot keys for menu commands; however, sometimes they may not work properly. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

The global menubar made a great deal of sense on a mono-tasking OS with a 512x320 display. But it isn't the 80's anymore! (No I am not bashing Apple - the behaviour (not just a faxsimily of the look) ...