As the question says, this is what I was asked today. Since I do not plan to buy ANY Mac any time soon, maybe somebody that is/was using a Mac OSX would be kind to answer. How does the Application Menu (Also known as Global Menu by some) differ (Or be the same) from an End user perspective.
Ubuntu's Global Menu Hides.
OSX's Application Menu does not hide.
Ubuntu's Title-bar integrates on Maximization and close/max/min buttons move to top left corner.
In OSX the title bar does not integrate.
As a side note here is a nice article about the design decision to first include the global menu http://design.canonical.com/2010/05/menu-bar/
Excerpt about why certain things are similar to OSX:
Our goal is not to make Ubuntu imitate any other OS; our goal is to
make it better than any other OS. As we continue to improve Ubuntu, it
will become more like Windows in some respects, and less in others.
More like Mac OS X in some ways, less in others. More innovative in
some ways, and less in others. We’ll try always to do something not
just because others do it, and not just because others don’t do it,
but because it’s a good idea.
