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[Bhaavan Merchant <532633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I didnt want to sound accusatory or anything. But for me, the
reason I switched to linux was the ability to customize it for me. This
Unity is taking more and more of it away from me. From this 11.10
release of Ubuntu, to get my controls on my right, ill need to change
theme. For this, ill need to use a gnome-tweak-tool, which will install
gnome3 shell as dependency. So to get my unity correct, ill need to go
install gnome-shell which was the main thing unity wished to avoid.

My preferred solution would be have a drop down asking user to choose between right and left controls where theme is being selected.
Alternatively, something like a config file in /etc where i just change the value to right.
The hierarchy in  dconf gconf is too complicated and not user-intuitive.

Also in favor of right sided controls, I still maintain:

1) It is easier for right handed people.
2) Most people come from a Windows background. This I say from the fact that 90% of OS share is windows. They are used to a convention of right sided windows control. Ubuntu is perceived as a distro to which makes linux transition easy. Thus, right handed controls will only help  making Unity more usable.

Again, you may feel that my generalization i wrong or not apt. But I
personally have come from a certain background and I find a certain
convention favorable and easy. Unity should not force its choices on me
without leaving an option to revert back.

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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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