Public bug reported:
It has become intuitive, in user interface design, that if you right-
click on something, you get an (contextual) list of ALL that can be done
to that thing that you've right-clicked on.
However, if you right-click on the Unity task-bar, you don't get a
context menu that provides an option for configuration.
Currently, (official) configuration is very limited, but to do this
configuration, you have to:
(1) Click on something absolutely non-contextual; you have to click on the
power button the opposite side of the screen.
(2) Then you must click on "System Settings", but you're still not there....
(3) Next you must click on the "Appearance" icon, and there's more....
(4) Lastly, you have to click on the "Behavior" tab!
4 Steps? REALLY ?!
Good user interface design tries to be intuitive AND eliminate steps.
To configure the Unity task bar, you should simply be able to right-
click on it, and then click "Settings". At that point, you should be
displayed all options having to do with "that which you've right-clicked
on" (in this case, the Unity Task-Bar Panel).
That's the whole purpose of contextual (right-click) menus; they always
answer the question, "what can I do to this thing I'm pointing at", AND
(also important) they eliminate steps.
The most important thing they do is eliminate "searching elsewhere" to
do "actions" to something that is "right here"!
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
It has become intuitive, in User interface design, that if you right-
click on something, you get an (contextual) list of ALL that can be done
to that thing that you've clicked on.
However, if you right-click on the Unity task-bar, you don't get a
context menu that provides an option for configuration.
Currently, (official) configuration is very limited, but to do this
configuration, you have to:
(1) Click on something absolutely non-contextual; you have to click on the
power button the opposite side of the screen.
- (2) Then you must click on "System Settings", but you still not there....
+ (2) Then you must click on "System Settings", but you're still not there....
(3) Next you must click on the "Appearance" icon, and there's more....
(4) Lastly, you have to click on the "Behavior" tab!
4 Steps? REALLY ?!
Good user interface design tries to be intuitive AND eliminate steps.
To configure the Unity task bar, you should simply be able to right-
click on it, and then click "Settings". At that point, you should be
- display all options having to do with "that which you've right-clicked
+ displayed all options having to do with "that which you've right-clicked
on" (in this case, the Unity Task-Bar Panel).
That's the whole purpose of contextual (right-click) menus; they always
answer the question, "what can I do to this thing I'm pointing at", AND
(also important) they eliminate steps.
The most important thing they do is eliminate "searching elsewhere" to
do "actions" to something that is "right here"!
** Description changed:
- It has become intuitive, in User interface design, that if you right-
+ It has become intuitive, in user interface design, that if you right-
click on something, you get an (contextual) list of ALL that can be done
- to that thing that you've clicked on.
+ to that thing that you've right-clicked on.
However, if you right-click on the Unity task-bar, you don't get a
context menu that provides an option for configuration.
Currently, (official) configuration is very limited, but to do this
configuration, you have to:
(1) Click on something absolutely non-contextual; you have to click on the
power button the opposite side of the screen.
(2) Then you must click on "System Settings", but you're still not there....
(3) Next you must click on the "Appearance" icon, and there's more....
(4) Lastly, you have to click on the "Behavior" tab!
4 Steps? REALLY ?!
Good user interface design tries to be intuitive AND eliminate steps.
To configure the Unity task bar, you should simply be able to right-
click on it, and then click "Settings". At that point, you should be
displayed all options having to do with "that which you've right-clicked
on" (in this case, the Unity Task-Bar Panel).
That's the whole purpose of contextual (right-click) menus; they always
answer the question, "what can I do to this thing I'm pointing at", AND
(also important) they eliminate steps.
The most important thing they do is eliminate "searching elsewhere" to
do "actions" to something that is "right here"!
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Unity Task Bar - Missing Configuration Via Context-Menus
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