Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>]

I've gave the buttons a chance ever since they were proposed.
My overall conclusion is that it is not difficult to get used
to with respect to "forgetting the old habits". After a couple
of days I was already going always to the left side by instinct.

But I also concluded, from actual incidents, that accidental
clicks are something that will always sporadically happen
despite how used to you are. Most of it has to do with the
thinness of the menu bar.

I've recently moved the buttons back to the right, and for me
the feel was of closing a papercut: a trivial fix to a small
but annoying usability issue that is probably affecting a lot
of users.

When the "exciting ideas for the right" side are actually
implemented I will give it another chance. Until then, I see
no reason for deliberately introducing a papercut in my
desktop for no actual gain. :)


Le jeudi 15 avril 2010 à 13:38 +0530, Vishnoo a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Not to rehash the same old boring topic, but to just give a user
> feedback from using the 2 new positions of the window controls.
> 
> I'v been patiently trying to use the new positioning and trying to see
> if it is better or doesnt really matter.
> 
> With the "old"[earlier alpha order] order of < max,min,close: >  on the
> left side, I used to occasionally hit the maximize button instead of
> hitting the "File" menu in the menubar. But this wasnt a big deal as i
> could unmaximize the window and no harm was done and nothing was lost.
> 
> But with the final order < close,min,max: > I find it easier to
> accidentally *close* the windows and it is rather frustrating when I
> have to re-open the nautilus window and get back to the location /
> re-open firefox & re-load all the pages. Luckily most apps ask for
> confirmation before closing unsaved documents, but still a bit
> frustrating when being prompted when all i wanted to do was open the
> "File" menu.
> 
> >From using the new positions, probably < max,min,close: >  was much
> better.
> 
> The close on the left-most probably works better in OSX ,since they have
> a global menu and the menubar isnt near the window controls.
> However, we have a very thin menubar [20-25px?] and it is easier to
> accidentally hit the window controls instead of the menu options.
> 
> Since I end-up accidentally closing the windows on several occasions , I
> had sighed and just considered this a PEBKAC and changed the order in my
> system to < max,min:                       close > [close on the
> right-side.]
> 
> What prompted me to send the feedback is, I noticed this >
> https://twitter.com/popey/statuses/12207605002 and thought there are
> probably many more users going "D'Oh!", in front of their computer
> screens which the UX isnt being aware of.