"Holistic" is a good word -- we should definitely have a broader discussion about user's window management needs and the UI that would address those needs, driven by use cases (e.g. "User wants a spreadsheet, a calculator, and a web page all on the screen at once" or "User wants two File Manager windows side-by-side to drag files between them").
David 2010/3/26 Pablo Quirós <[email protected]>: > >> >> I hadn't thought about this until now, but I can't remember the last >> time I've hit maximize. Double clicking the title bar toggles the >> maximized, unmax states quite conveniently and is a much bigger target. >> While the close button in the corner makes a good consistent target, the >> other two buttons are a little fiddly, both in size and location. >> >> The problem that I see it that people that are rearranging windows for a >> particular purpose are typically moving the mouse cursor in long >> swooping motions. (At least in my use case) Trying to hit a small >> button tends to break that type flow. The double clicking of the title >> bar works in my flow because it doesn't slow me down and is doable in >> long swooping gestures. >> >> Perhaps we should examine dropping the min,max buttons in favor of a >> more "holistic" active windows approach? Food for thought. >> > > This is what David and I are proposing - replacing this buttons for a single > button which does the duty, using gestures to make one action or another. In > David's proposal, closing button would still exist, but in mine, there would > be only one button in the future. > If there is a single, big button, it can be reached easily and fast. And > this button represents the window - every action made with this button would > be an action made to the window. > Of course, we could use no buttons at all, and make the gesture directly to > the window, but I think it would confuse new users. It might be worth > discussing, though. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
