[fryke]

I think we can agree that the current way Apple does it fits the first type of users, i.e. they have a clear _main_ and a clear _secondary_ monitor. I usually have the palettes and stuff on the secondary, but I also have Mail.app's window "over there", so I see when Mail arrives (and into which box it automatically gets filtered). I also put other stuff I want in my view there, like the iChat contact list.

If you are of the second type, like Viro, you want to use one application on one and another on the other monitor. Right now, you have the choice of learning keyboard-combos (I STRONGLY suggest to use keyboard-combos as much as humanly possible, anyway!) or to wisely choose which apps are on the first, which on the second monitor, depending on their use of the menubar.

I have to admit I'd despise the idea of having the menubar a second time on the second monitor.