Something has been bugging me about unity ever since the the behaviour of the window buttons was changed to hide with the global menu.
That thing is the top left corner of the desktop: <a href='http://postimage.org/image/5m0uf8n5n/' target='_blank'><img src='http://s17.postimage.org/5m0uf8n5n/Screenshot_at_2012_03_05_20_24_22.jpg' border='0' alt="Screenshot at 2012 03 05 20 24 22" /></a> With the default setup of launcher always showing and a maximized window, that top left just looks odd to me. When the window buttons were visible, the window title and global menu lined up with the maximized window and everything looked normal. Since the behaviour was changed it is like that left part of the menu bar is overhanging the window and no longer looks part of it, if that makes sense. It just looks terribly ugly to me. Although it has no direct affect on usablity, I just find it incredibly distracting and I just cannot take my eyes away from the area. I have added a second screenshot which shows the launcher icons at their smallest size and the window buttons visible. Again, this looks odd in the way the buttons overhang and make things look odd again. <a href='http://postimage.org/image/7oak8h20n/' target='_blank'><img src='http://s7.postimage.org/7oak8h20n/Screenshot_at_2012_03_05_20_25_40.jpg' border='0' alt="Screenshot at 2012 03 05 20 25 40" /></a> I'm not sure what the alternatives are but I would be interested to hear other people's thoughts on this? I cannot help but feel such a visual glitch (for want of a better phrase) would never be allowed in other major environments (Windows, OS X, KDE Gnome 3 etc). -- This message was sent from Launchpad by shane (https://launchpad.net/~shane-animail) to each member of the Ayatana Discussion team using the "Contact this team" link on the Ayatana Discussion team page (https://launchpad.net/~unity-design). For more information see https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gnome-zeitgeist Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gnome-zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
