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[Bug 776930] Re: Attempted mouse-overs for the Firefox back button and Find box close button will bring up the Launcher (Fitts's Law)

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Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:39:47 -0000
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 765819 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765819

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Attempted mouse-overs for the Firefox back button and Find box close
  button will bring up the Launcher (Fitts's Law)

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in Unity:
  New
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: unity

  Assuming default icon placements in the Launcher, attempted mouse-
  overs of the above mentioned UI elements in Firefox will reliably
  bring up the Launcher and execute the home folder in Nautilus or the
  Trash bin.

  For me, it takes a conscious effort to avoid this and even then, it
  still happens 90% of the time.

  This occurs  because mousing over Back or Close Find takes a fair
  amount of deceleration in an area where the outer limits of the button
  meet the screen edge where mousing over would bring up the Launcher.

  Of course, this can be avoided by using the keyboard (Alt+Left, Ctrl+F
  and then Esc, etc), but it's not a workable solution since it is not
  user apparent.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5-genusername 2.6.39-rc5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  Date: Wed May  4 02:35:21 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110409)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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