Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-14 Thread BobPendleton
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:42 PM, running_rabbit07 ronnie.mcmas...@gmail.com wrote: Bob, your only reason for rejecting ubuntu's buttons is stubbornness. You just relabeled my fact based objections as a form of moral failure so that you could reject them without having to even consider that my

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-14 Thread Rich Wales
Let's all PLEASE keep it civil. We can disagree on technical or policy issues without engaging in personal attacks (or perpetuating a toxic atmosphere by responding in kind to what we may perceive as personal attacks by others). Thanks. -- [Master] Window Control buttons:

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-14 Thread running_rabbit07
I recently signed the Launchpad CoC, so I plan to not engage in people's personal issues. I think the changes made to the themes are awesome. Having the buttons on the left makes for shorter travel distance between closing one window and opening the menu to get the next application started. --

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-14 Thread A. Denton
Window Control buttons -- is that the most important thing to discuss right now? I would rather like to know about these features which cant wait until maverik. Further I think it makes sense to package stuff when it's done, tested (and demanded). -- [Master] Window Control buttons:

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-13 Thread Martin Wildam
Well, if the community is so blindly ignored, then I should maybe switch distribution... I have been a convinced Ubuntu-User but if things develop that way... I think the community is bringing the most new users. It is not the Windows users that find Ubuntu and then really use it. Everywhere I

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-13 Thread cornbread
+1 to having it as an optional theme! Definitely the wrong thing to experiment with without innovation at hand already. ESPECIALLY ON AN LTS -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Apr 13, 2010 12:38 AM, Martin Wildam lt;mwil...@gmail.comgt; wrote: Well, if the community is so blindly ignored, then I

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-13 Thread scholli
In a LTS for custom peoples to use them left - show them that Ubuntu have a new Brand with a new design (CHANGE). Top-Arguments for left are: - Gnome 3 (Commando-Bar and Activity are on the left) - new feature arrives in the perfect 10 (10.10) - shorter mouseways after a short training - it looks

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-13 Thread Martin Wildam
Top-Arguments for left are: - Gnome 3 (Commando-Bar and Activity are on the left) But there is another whole bunch of things on the right (e.g. all applications from Autostart, which is for me: Skype, KeyPassX, Dropbox, Shutter and YuuGuu for example. I need all those more often than the

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-13 Thread scholli
sudo gedit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/index.theme sudo gedit /usr/share/themes/Radiance/index.theme 1. ButtonLayout=close,minimize,maximize: (default) 2. ButtonLayout=close,minimize,maximize:menu(my setting) 3. ButtonLayout=:maximize,minimize,close (I want it on right

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-12 Thread Rich Wales
Unfortunately, Mark Shuttleworth has said (see comment #564) that this decision is final and that no complaints or negative votes would make any difference. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
James, I think you may need to unset the gconf key. If you set a gconf key as a user, then that setting stays in place until you change it. When we update a package, we only update the system-default settings. User settings don't get touched, generally. So, if you played with the gconf setting

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-12 Thread Bernhard
For completeness I filed a bug against gnome-themes-ubuntu regarding the dust buttons still on the left: bug 561756 -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Bernhard
There's currently two more bugs with this whole affair: 1) the classical dust theme still has buttons on the left. This looks unintended and some people before confirmed that it is unintended. 2) The homosapien theme displays buttons incorrectly if there is only one button (e.g.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: Screenshot-Appearance Preferences-1.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43796412/Screenshot-Appearance%20Preferences-1.png -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread James P. Carter
The following option no longer works as of 04/11/2010 2. To revert to old layout, run in a terminal: $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,close Apparently though I had already run the fix in the past, the configuration has been reverted

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread James P. Carter
FYI, As of 04/11/2010 the following is also NOT true. I have switched back and forth from various themes... all buttons are on the left... always! Sad thing for Ubuntu is that when the users 'do' upgrade there will be a HUGE uproar. Unfortunately due to the way this issue has been handled or

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Dylan McCall
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:48 PM, James P. Carter james.p.car...@gmail.com wrote: FYI, As of 04/11/2010 the following is also NOT true. I have switched back and forth from various themes... all buttons are on the left... always! Hi James, Please file a separate bug report for this issue; it

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Bernhard
@James: this could be because you have manually changed the gconf settings. Either set them back to default or do a fresh install of lucid. You should be able to change themes and move buttons to the right. Since you are running a beta release, you cannot expect everything to work perfectly. --

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread nomnex
On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 14:50 +, Bernhard wrote: There's currently two more bugs with this whole affair: 1) the classical dust theme still has buttons on the left. This looks unintended and some people before confirmed that it is unintended. This is a temporary bug, it only affects Dust. it

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Bernhard
@nomnex: I couldn't find a bug for it. That's why I asked if I should file it against gnome-themes-ubuntu. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread nomnex
On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 22:51 +, Bernhard wrote: @nomnex: I couldn't find a bug for it. That's why I asked if I should file it against gnome-themes-ubuntu. I have read two reviews about the latest changes in 10.04 b2. both were mentioning the Dust theme bug to be fixed for the official

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-11 Thread Martin Wildam
I was pretty sure that after the community reactions were so negative about the buttons now on the left that beta 2 will already have them back on the right side again. I read only through the first 50 and last 20 comments or so - I think this should be far enough for switching back! And with

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-10 Thread running_rabbit07
I am not sure why they changed their minds about the search engine, though I am glad they did. Searching Yahoo for Ubuntu fixes just wasn't working well. Google loves us, so we should love them back. I did notice that when choosing themes other than Ambiance, Dust, and Radiance, the buttons are

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-10 Thread nomnex
these are--for me--the proper layout, design, etc. of the button on 10.04 (all themes) is there a way to have these buttons on the new Radiance/Ambiance themes and how (tutorial, link)? i have already posted the following, but I am not found of the round Mac OSX like buttons and their location

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-09 Thread cornbread
You've got to love the inconsistencies in the ubuntu development team at the moment. At one end (a search engine) oh we can't change to yahoo! no one will know how to use the new search engine and will all get l...@!? and at the other end (the buttons), it's we'll change them no matter what

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 07/04/10 19:42, running_rabbit07 wrote: Bob, your only reason for rejecting ubuntu's buttons is stubbornness. This is a straight ad hominem attack, and is completely unacceptable under our Code of Conduct. Bob, my apologies for this. Ronnie, please refrain from framing your arguments as

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 07/04/10 21:52, Pyramid Technologies wrote: Yet another voice against this move http://www.zdnet.com.au/new-ubuntu-look-too-destructive-339302224.htm The specific issue he raises there looks to me to be a bug, in that the entire corner area is being used as a click target for the

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 07/04/10 23:34, Jonathan Carter wrote: Is there anyway we can have Pyramid Technologies removed from commenting on this entry (or even Launchpad entirely)? I've written to Pyramid and asked him to shift his line of discussion to the Forums, where it would be more appropriate, and to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread Jon Elofson
Had a night to sleep on this. Although I am still opposed to the button decision, I would be remiss to not at least give it a shot. So, I will be trying 10.04 with the buttons in the goofy position and after I run it for a while, I will be in a better position to comment/provide constructive

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread running_rabbit07
Mark, You are right and I apologize for attacking Bob. It was very unprofessional of me. Thank you for sharing this amazing product and hopefully this new innovation your team is working on will push us towards fixing bug #1. Cheers, Ronnie -- [Master] Window Control buttons:

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 08/04/10 17:54, running_rabbit07 wrote: Thank you for sharing this amazing product and hopefully this new innovation your team is working on will push us towards fixing bug #1. You're very welcome, and thanks for your participation and consideration. Mark -- [Master] Window Control

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
After all these comments we can conclude that the main difference between the two sides is: Shorter Mouse Movements vs. User's Precision. The first one is a fact and the second one is nothing but exercise and habit. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Pako, People are not precise. They are however, creatures of habit. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
Pyramid, Maybe you should ask Mac users about their habits, or at least Rafael Nadal who is naturally Right hander but plays tennis with his Left hand, and by the way is Champion. Let me ask you something. What would happen if you try to wear lenses that will reverse your picture upside-down?

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread hills
@Pako Sorry, you conclusion didn't have anything to do with my argumentation stated in #639. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
hills, but there are few users including me that already found advantages in left side buttons. Habits and Precision? After 5 days of using the left side I was able to click the buttons very precise without any error, even with closed eyes. -- [Master] Window Control buttons:

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
there are few users including me that already found advantages in left side buttons. Key word here is few. There are FEW Mac users compared to Windows users. There are FEW Linux users compared to Windows users. there are FEW people willing to adapt to such a change as the button order and

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
Pyramid, quantity is not always quality. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Requiem Masamune
I think Mark first rationale for the change was actually right and overriding. He needs to clear the right corner to put something there and he needs to do it 6 months in advance. I can already sort of guess what it will be. Forget Esfera, it will be some sort of live facebook chat/twitter

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
For anyone that hasn't left already (such as myself); if Ubuntu turns into spware-adware-twitter-ware central in order to support it; that will truly p*ss people off and make them leave Ubuntu. At least with Windows there isn't some ad popping up in every titlebar window. No, it's not yet there in

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread BobPendleton
Think about how your grandma would react if she had been using computers since 1971 and an X11 based GUI with the window buttons in the upper right corner since 1986. How would she feel if she did an update, rebooted, and found that the buttons were not where she expected them to be. And, she also

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread scholli
(in case anyone asks: Why am I still posting here if I've moved to Debian? Well, I'm in the lifeboat just watching the Titanic sink is all.) distrowatch.com It's rising ... after publishing Lucid, it still will growing. No Titanic here! Why? Because Ubuntu is cleaning up the ***old*** dust and

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread scholli
mouth (sorry) @Bob Yes with Windows... My first Computer was an Amiga and it was different. It was bad? Nop! You will wonder the quick you can change customs. ,) -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
No one, including rocket scientist can't tell which colour is the most beautiful one. There is no most beautiful colour in the world. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread BobPendleton
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:38 PM, scholli scholli...@yahoo.de wrote: mouth (sorry) @Bob Yes with Windows... My first Computer was an Amiga and it was different. It was bad? Nop! You will wonder the quick you can change customs. ,) You clearly have no understanding of what we have been

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pako
@Bob Our reasons are real and valid What reason? -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread BobPendleton
Your post is nonsense. Nothing I said had anything to do with beauty. I was talking about how poor selections of colors can induce eye strain and make it difficult to use a UI. I am talking about well established principles based on decades of experimentation and on the physiology eye and the

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread BobPendleton
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Pako elektroban...@gmail.com wrote: @Bob Our reasons are real and valid  What reason? Ok, I recognize a troll when I see one. Very funny. Ha Ha. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread running_rabbit07
Bob, your only reason for rejecting ubuntu's buttons is stubbornness. The fact that your grand mother was using a computer shows she is capable of change being that most likely when she was born there were no TVs much less computers. How many people were really using desktop computers in the 70s?

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli It's rising ... after publishing Lucid, it still will growing. No Titanic here! Why? Because Ubuntu is cleaning up the ***old*** dust and is the only one with a shiny, modern look. This is what peoples are ***looking for**' Yes,iPad sales were up initially too. All this demonstrates if

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Yet another voice against this move http://www.zdnet.com.au/new-ubuntu-look-too-destructive-339302224.htm -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Jon Elofson
Bummer that the design team is doing this after all the opposition from users. Even though I know you can switch the buttons back to the original position, I will not upgrade to 10.04 because I feel this is a fundamentally flawed change. I will likely switch distos. Meritocracy is fine, provided

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@jon..Mint may not be bad, but it's still part of the Ubuntu-strain. better off going with the original Ubuntu steals all of it's code fromDebian. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread aatdark
the problem is that theses voices are only the minority. The most ubuntu users, don't test Beta1 ,2 or follow every bugreport. they will install the new LTS when its available and after the installation the will be surprised/ annoyed / happy maybe they will google for it, or they will stick to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Pyramid Technologies
From Planet Ubuntu in a blog post about Canonical reversing it's decision to have Yahoo! as the default search vs. Google...which now Google will once again be the standard in 10.04LTS.. No, unfortunately, not that (link gone, but pointed to this bug report) decision. The decision to use

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Jonathan Carter
Is there anyway we can have Pyramid Technologies removed from commenting on this entry (or even Launchpad entirely)? * His behaviour is not in line with our code of conduct * He doesn't contribute possitively * He's made it clear that he has no interest in improving Ubuntu I know I could just

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread scholli
I still not sure about the order. The big points of the initial-order was: 1. unique - own face 2. consistence with the close-buttons in the tabs for example (right side) 3. you have to look a second for it (search for it a little bit) before closing ... time for thinking: you want close really!

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-07 Thread Paul Sladen
scholli: sadly this issue has still suffered from the silent treatment, even during the second adjustment, so there hasn't been any substantial information about /why/ the change could have been made. That's not fixable quickly, and it's not something that I can directly fix

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread Michael
This is a bit of a plug, but given that you have switched to OS X-style window buttons by default, you might also look at installing the Gnome global menu applet ( http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/ ) by default, to avoid issues like people clicking on close when they wanted to click on

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread Alvin
Yes! That is a great idea, Michael! Gnome global menu applet ( http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/ ) is a very good way of avoiding the problem of clicking Close when intending to open the File menu. I hope this can be made the default for the new button-paradigm-shifted themes. That

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread u-foka
That would be great, if that won't break the consistence... but it does! Sadly all non native gtk application have problems with globalmenu... wx apps have an empty menu bar on their window while the actual menu moved to the panel, others like oo firefox simply doesn't care about globalmenu,

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Post #647 validates a point I made long ago...that we are going to have to hack workarounds. First, gconf, now this to make sure that you don''t close out of the window instead of hitting the File menu. (Maybe Canonical should move that to the right side and really confuse people ;) /snark) Gnome

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread Imtiaz Rahi
@Pyriamid alternatively you can use LinuxMint. It has all the goodies of Ubuntu and it has its own great design. Hopefully you will like it. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-06 Thread hills
running_rabbit07: You should have added the next line showing your movement to the menu to open the next window or app, which would make the travel to the close button on the right a longer wasted path. With the close button on the left you don't have to go far to open the next application.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread Pako
No, Mac is already exceeded target. Now the target is Montavista and its boot in less than one second ;) -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread JD Evora
Sad news :-( After so many people felling against this idea and http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23899/ becoming the most popular idea of the last 6 months in less than one, I really think that there is a little bit of stubbornly behind of the decision of going ahead with this unpopular move

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread Jef Spaleta
Jd Evora: First of all I think you put too much weight behind Brainstorm as a tool to drive change inside Ubuntu. You actually shouldn't be at all surprised that Brainstorm popularity has very little influence over design decisions. It's never had influence in any technical decision making and

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread Danimoth
Well brainstorm might not be anything, but its yet another sign that the VAST majority of users oppose the idea. If you think the opposite is true, then plz, enlighten me :]. Its a good thing to allow the button positioning to be controlled through themes/skins. This provides options, which is

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread Pietro Battiston
Brainstorm is just a technicality. The point is that - many users thought of Ubuntu's organization as a democracy without burocracy: when you have a nice mission (Linux for human beings), a nice codebase to start from (Debian), a nice group of people and a nice capital to start, who cares about

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-05 Thread running_rabbit07
@hills You should have added the next line showing your movement to the menu to open the next window or app, which would make the travel to the close button on the right a longer wasted path. With the close button on the left you don't have to go far to open the next application. Arguments can be

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread Pako
Pyramid, You immediately start to be angry, I was just joking. Perceive this more as fun and friendship rather than war, you keep been angry though this bug is already closed. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@Pako, Transference won't work. I'm not angry at all. Frustrated over the stupid moves made by the UI team/Mark/Canonical, yes... but angry? no. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
*Please* you two stop discussing your private issues here. This is a bug report, if you want to talk about you like and existential questions, use your mail or find a place to meet. You're really not furthering the case of buttons on the right side with all this noise. -- [Master] Window Control

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread hills
This picture illustrates a typical book page, letter and dialog window. ** Attachment added: Book page, letter and dialog window http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43101864/page-letter-dialog.png -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread hills
Here we have GNOME desktop and an application window. ** Attachment added: GNOME destkop and application window http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43102195/gnome-window.png -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread hills
Finnaly, here you have a webpage in a browser tab. ** Attachment added: Webpage in a tab http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43102335/webpage-tab.png -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-04 Thread hills
After making these pictures I would like to say that left top close button is like: 1. confusing end point with start point in all GNOME interface (breaking user's habits and effectiveness). 2. giving close option BEFORE user read anything (what he/she eventually would like to close if he/she

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Thank you. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread 89c51
someday the ubuntu people (Mark and the design team mostly) must understand that innovation is not copying the Mac themes and styles especially in a way that makes the copy look cheap FFS stop using ubuntu and go buy yourself a shiny new Mac people if thats what you always wanted so far people

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pako
Can we talk about Stability, Speed, Security, Functionality and Beauty? Who on earth cares about BUTTONS?! -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pako
I know this is off topic and probably my last comment (before someone kicks me out of here :) but I like to share something with you. It's a open source GPL software called Reactivision for the device called Reactable (You can build your own reactable at home running on Ubuntu). After all we

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Burns
As near as I can tell, I'm probably one of the few (or maybe only one) on the thread who has commercially/professionally dealt with the consequences of a development group's rash UI decisions in a product they support, and the types of users that come after you with pitchforks and torches

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Burns
This is an IOGraphica plot with 9.10 using Gnome2, and as reasonably normal evening usage as I can get. Multiple interruptions, surf, email, documentation review, etc... ** Attachment added: 9.10 - Gnome2: 1.9 Hours of reasonably normal usage

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Burns
IOGraphica Plot from 9.10 with Gnome3. :) Different evening, standard normal usage, interruptions, surfing, email, document review, etc... Since Pako (I think it was Pako) brought up a good point for what about Gnome 3?, I thought what about Gnome 3?. :) So I tried it as well to get a

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Ludwik Trammer
As near as I can tell, I'm probably one of the few (or maybe only one) on the thread who has commercially/professionally dealt with the consequences of a development group's rash UI decisions in a product they support, and the types of users that come after you with pitchforks and torches

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread scholli
@ Jeff: A minor change that hardly affected me at all, it's had a 100% negative (sometimes violent) reaction from 20 users I've polled. I don't understand!? You updated to Lucid Beta1 in your company? It's still not for productive work. In the final you will have the option for putting them to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pako
Mr. Jeff Burns, Firstly I want to apologise for my comment that I post here some time ago. Let's analyse the computer users around the world. INMO there are two kind of users in the world, If I'm wrong please correct me. These are: The first one let we call them Geeks those are the curious people

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread scholli
@ Jeff: (Data and Gnome3) See my data if you got accustomed to work with the buttons on left #489. I let the mouse, if I am working in the center and left. You will notice shorter mouseways simply, because all important actions happens on the left-side. About Gnome3: All is important is on the

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Burns
@scholli Open my mind? With all due respect, I'm very open, but *likely* more experienced on this type of thing. I'm running Ubuntu and Kubuntu and pushing Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu and I'm an MCSE! My work is now Windows, Mac and Ubuntu, but mostly Windows. AFAIK I'm the only one in the

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Burns
@ scholli re: (Data and Gnome3) Hmmm, I think we just agreed. :) Woohoo. Gnome3 is a big carrot of motivation to enable the moving the buttons to the left and not invoke the pitchforks. In fact I would imagine some pitchforks would get invoked if the buttons didn't shift with Gnome 3 due to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@Jeff Burns, I'm in the same boat as you and second everything you said so far. Well said, and I totally agree 1%. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pako
Pyramid Technologies, because you are experienced computing veteran, why don't you build your own Linux Distribution. you can name it, hmm, let say P.R.L, P will stands for Pyramid, R for Right Buttons Only and L for Linux, I'll be your huge supporter and the very first user, What do you think

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-03 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Pako, because creating a Linux distro doesn't make me money; but supporting Linux does. Were you just bored that you decided to try and stir up some sh*t or what? -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Yann
@Mark: For Ambiance/Radiance new themes... why not. But concerning other themes, for instance Dust, what will be the final position? When side have been made theme dependant a few days ago, old themes came back to their right side origins... Only new defaults were left. Yesterday, after

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Michael Kofler
Is it only me who finds the form of the minimize and maximize icons irritating? The first thing I do after (re-)installing Ubuntu is deleting the lower panel and adding the windows list to the upper panel. Thus, the minimize button (arrow down) no longer points to the window list. More than once I

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Omer Akram
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Pako
Pyramid, Piko? Do you mean Pico? Haha for the very first time you made me LOL. Nothing scholli won, he loose the dust theme left layout, so make a donation for developer who made this change especially for you. ;) -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Bernhard
Yann, there was a post about this yesterday, check above. Dust buttons are supposed to go back to right. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Taken from another website, this post below illustrates many of things I've said; so while the words below are not mine, their sentiment most certainly is...along with many, many, many other people's sentiment as well. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/ubuntu-windo...

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Pako
Let's say that Ubuntu wants to attract some of the Mac users, not just Windows users. In Ubuntu 10.04 they can find both themes that will match their needs. These themes are: Light theme (Left Side) and Human and Dust themes (Right Side) + thousands of themes on gnome-look.org. What so unclear?

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