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[Gustavo Boiko <gustavo.boiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Gustavo Boiko
> <gustavo.boiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > This new version looks better than the previous one, nice work.
> > One suggestion: would it be possible to move the menus to the left? I
> think
> > it would be more intuitive.
>
> This I'm not sure about. I chose the right side for a couple reasons:
>
> * It's easier for thumbing on mobile (and I do use the site on mobile a
> lot)
>

That's a good point, on the other hand in our own mobile platform, the
launcher is on the left hand side :)
But that might just be that I never ever used the requests page on mobile,
only on desktop.

* I think the requests themselves are the primary thing people want to
> see so it makes more sense for them to have the "top priority"
> lefthand space...
>
> I do agree generally that "menu on right" is unconventional, so I
> guess it comes down to whether or not people feel convention trumps
> those other factors.
>
> If enough people complain about this I can switch it.
>

That's fine, as I said, it was just a suggestion, I can live with that.


>
> OR, we could create a launchpad team for people who prefer lefthanded
> menus and then the display could alternate based on membership in that
> team :-D
>

No need to tweak on a per team basis, if the menus on the right make more
sense for everybody using it, that's fine with me.

Cheers

Boiko