14 DAY TRIAL // Ubuntu developers added a new feature called locally integrated menus for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and it was extremely well received. In fact, some users have been asking for some refinements and it will be improved in the near future.
Locally integrated menus are very useful, especially on displays that have a very high resolution. Ubuntu can display the menus in two ways. One is by using the top bar for Unity, and the second one is to use the title bar of the window itself. If it's a laptop or a regular-size monitor, then there is no problem; but if you have a high resolution on the desktop, the path you have to travel with the mouse increases considerably.
This particular feature was added for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and it hasn't been modified until now. As it stands right now, the menus don't show up unless you hover with the mouse over the title bar, but a proposal has been made to always show them.
Users still have a choice in Ubuntu
If this feature is modified, users should be able to choose how to display the menus. Now, there is an option in Appearance > Behavior to set it either way, but a third one has been proposed.
"In System Settings / Appearance / Behavior, the 'Application Menu' options should be 'Integrated in menu bar and hidden' (default) and 'Integrated in menu bar and visible. If 'Integrated in menu bar and visible' is selected, the menus should always be shown, in exactly the same manner they are currently displayed when the pointer is moved over the menu bar," reads the bug report on Launchpad.
The good news is that the bug has been triaged and confirmed. It's being worked on the Ubuntu team and it should land in Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, via a point update that will be made available at a later date.