Menu Bar & Settings layout is very confusing

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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).

Suggested solution

Structure the menu bar in a more standard way:

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

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[Darthagnon]

JSFiddle

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

[Darthagnon]

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.