On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Jonathan Blackhall < [email protected]> wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but I don't quite "get" the circles. What do they > tell me about their purpose? If I didn't already know what the 3 buttons at > the top right of the screen did, I wouldn't know what these buttons do. > Isn't the purpose of the buttons to be at least loosely descriptive of what > the user can expect when they press them? I'm also not familiar with OS X, > so I have the same trouble with their red, yellow and green. > > I'm not normally a fan of the "Ubuntu should not try to be like OS X" > argument, but I think in this case it's relevant. Why are you trying to > mimic what I'd consider to be a poor design choice? I absolutely agree. Why are we keep creating icons which represent nothing? If the buttons to close, maximize, and minimize windows are not clearly marked, then that is a usability bug and a bad design decision. "Apple does it" is a mark against them in this case, not something we should emulate. I like the idea of an outline which turns colored upon mouse-over. Could you create similar outlines which represent shapes associated with maximize, minimize, and exit actions? Ryan
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