On 12 March 2010 14:26, Siegfried Gevatter <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/3/12 David Balch <[email protected]>: >> Please could the design team explain the rationale for moving the >> window control buttons from the right to the left, and the benefits >> expected to result. > > http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 > > (I don't like them at all on the left, btw.) >
There's no rationale for the change in that blog post, just 100+ comments of testers wanting them moved back. And it finishes with this: "Is it better or worse? It is quite hard to tell." and "Personally, I would have the max and min on the left and close on the right." Which would at least be a more usable position than the current one. Scott's blog post[1] mentions some of the many reasons why this change is a bad idea, yet I haven't seen a single reason for why it's a good idea. So to reiterate the question, what is the rationale for such a disruptive change? Is it just an experiment that will be reverted before beta? Luke. P.S. Further reading: [1] http://yokozar.org/blog/archives/194 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1422422 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23899/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/poll-do-you-want-ubuntu-window-controls.html http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/easy-gui-window-button-switcher-for.html http://jonathancarter.co.za/2010/03/12/purple-vs-orange/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
