Hi , Reading the gnome shell design manual , it mentions that the shell must be usable on touchscreens and input devices.
But if one is to use gnome-shell with touch or input device , there is a problem , the activities button is in the top-left corner. For a right-handed person > the hand is forced to move across the screen , which is not ideal. And since the activities menu will always be needed for most of the interactions this would be a major issue. With every interaction in the activities menu , screen is always going to be blocked by the hand. Click activities button, hand will block menus , clicking the more "arrow" , hand again blocks the menu . And opening any menu always requires the hand to be moved away to view the contents. [this is one reasons the atm kiosks and several other kiosks place the keypads on the right and the displays on the left] And even in the laptop touchpads this location is a bit of a hassle. Since the hot corner is also the top left corner ,this is a bit tougher to trigger. Usually an user while using a laptop , uses the touchpad with their hand placed at an angle and not perpendicular to the display. Since the hand is at an angle , the top-right and bottom-left corners are easier to flick the hand towards , While it requires more effort to hit the top-left and bottom-right corners. This positioning is also a problem when using a desktop and mouse , the hand , while holding a mouse , is easier to flick to the top-right and bottom-left than any other directions. Since a lot of the interactions depend on the activities button and the hot corner, it would be better if the activities button is placed on the top-right by default , since majority of the population are right-handed. [this positioning needs to be configurable , the left handed person needs to be able to change the orientation of the top menu and allow the activities to be placed on the top-left]. Any reasons why the present top-left is chosen for the default? -- Cheers, mac_v _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
