> Den 07. okt. 2011 15:12, skrev SorinN: >> All peoples talk here about small screens - this is the main target of >> Ubuntu OS ? >> Normal desktop user ? No one think about ?
+1 2011/10/7 Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com>: > I run a dual screen setup with a 23" and a 24", both in 1920x1080. I love > the overlay scrollbars, the global menubar and that menus and window buttons > are hidden when not useful. I don't think I've seen anyone talking about > small screens in this thread. I like these features because they don't > distract my eyes unnecessarily, but it doesn't hurt to minimize the waste of > space either. You value that, but others (like me) tend to be willing to sacrifice some minimalism in order to get features more accessible. Hidden scrollbars (I have to admit I haven't tried 11.10, so I'm talking about the ones in 11.04) make things a little bit slower. With visible scrollbars you know where they are, you just move your pointer and use them. With hidden scrollbars, you have to aim more, and sometimes you miss. Also the invisible area used to call the scroll widget ends up using the same space a regular scrollbar will use, and that ends up conflicting with applications that place any widget on the right edge of the window. An example of that are GIMP 2.6 spinners (I'm aware that 2.8 will have different that prevent that, but you get my point). You have a dual large screen setup and you love overlay scrollbars and global menus, I have a single 22" inch monitor and I found it very difficult to do my regular work with them. Who's right? It's impossible to please all, but we're talking about a change that affects a lot of users that didn't have any problem with menus and scrollbars just like they were, and do have problems with the new ones. And the ability to bring them back to the original state is missing. A non issue has fixed created a new issue. I'm all for visual cleanliness but not if that means sacrificing functionality. And in my honest opinion, both overlay scrollbars and global menu achieve a neat visual appearance with a high cost: they take more user attention to be used when needed, making common procedures slower. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
