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[Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You are way late to the party here mate. :) With the Unity up and
running this change makes perfect sense. The close button is in the top
left corner of the screen and is very accessible.  I was a skeptic, but
now I am converted.

Minor quible: it is not in the very corner but a few pixels off, but I
guess to prevent people closing windows by accidentally brushing the
mouse.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633

Title:
  [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

Status in “light-themes” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  === Master Bug ===
  (As per the design team's request)
  All bugs concerning the window controls are being duped to this master bug.
  All the decisions regarding the position/order/alignment will be dealt as a one.

  === Desire ===
  "Please centre the window title like in previous Human theme, and also re-order the window controls in classic order, positioned on the right side (menu - title - minimize, maximize close)."

  ==== Workaround ====
  1. Only new themes, such as Ambiance and Radiance will have buttons on the left by default. You can continue using old themes, such as Human, in Lucid and those themes will continue to have buttons on the right side (according to http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/577 ). It is even possible to switch to Human theme and then 'Customize' it to use all the elements from Radiance theme, but the button layout will stay on the right.

  2. To revert to old layout, run in a terminal:
  $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string "menu:minimize,maximize,close"

  ==== Return to defaults ====
  If you would like to return to the system/theme default then run:
  $ gconftool-2 --unset /apps/metacity/general/button_layout

  ==== Responses ====
  Canonical Design Team Leader (Ivanka Majic) - 2010-03-10 and 2010-03-17
  http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 ("Those pesky buttons")
  http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2010/03/17/s03e03-behind-the-screen/ (30-minute interview starting at 39:10)

  Ubuntu SABDFL (Mark Shuttleworth) replies on this bug report - 2010-03-15 onwards
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/110
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/167
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/179
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/202 to 204
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/218
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/248
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/272
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/388
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/410
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/426 to 427
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/469
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/503
  http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/532633/comments/564 ("Final decree"; close-min-max ordering)

  Canonical Ubuntu Community Leader (Jono Bacon) response - 2010-03-24
  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5683123 (6 minutes starting at 26:24)

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