Many Apps also use the bottom and right edges too. Totem, for example. On Nov 29, 2011 6:02 PM, "Sunil Singh Rana" <sunil.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Friends, > I hope all of you are having fun. :) > > Saving the vertical space could be a founding block, but a foundation > should be consistent with all the foundations. we can't ignore the fact > that most application uses the space close to left edge for navigation > within itself; for example: back button of a browser. It is normal that > launcher on the left will keep appearing as an uninvited guest and shall > keep annoying. I wonder how many user actually notices the more vertical > space available to them but I am sure many of them get annoyed with this > unnecessary revelation of the launcher. Secondly, the top left corner > becomes a problem to give a consistent design. > > It is difficult to take a completely new approach, take it as an axiom > and, at the same time, fit it to the traditional approaches which are built > on completely different set of axiom. > > I think -- I might be wrong -- most application assumes that the launcher > would be at the bottom and this leaves the bottom side free from any button. > > We really need to focus on consistency and universality of the experience. > I think these things has added plenty to the success of mac. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 19:54, Chad M/ Germann <cgerm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 18:31 +0100, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: >> > On 11/29/2011 05:55 PM, Christian Rupp wrote: >> > > I know it was discussed several times, but a plug-in finally got it >> working: >> > > >> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/install-ubuntu-unity-bottom-launcher.html >> > >> > That's not a very good design. The whole point of unity was to save >> > vertical space and use horizontal space. This is quite opposite, leaving >> > even lesser space. Instead a thinner bottom panel like LinuxMint 12 may >> > be more 'practical' where users can see running apps and switch easily. >> >> that may be the case but it eliminates the strict "It mist be this way" >> fascism that unity currently represents. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > सुनील राणा > > "Unselfishness is more paying only people have not the patience to > practice it." > > " 'I love you' is a wrong sentence as where, there exist 'I' and 'you' > love can not. Love is an attribute of the absolute." > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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