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[David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Holistic" is a good word -- we should definitely have a broader
discussion about user's window management needs and the UI that would
address those needs, driven by use cases (e.g. "User wants a
spreadsheet, a calculator, and a web page all on the screen at once"
or "User wants two File Manager windows side-by-side to drag files
between them").

David

2010/3/26 Pablo Quirós <mr.polmac@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>>
>> I hadn't thought about this until now, but I can't remember the last
>> time I've hit maximize.  Double clicking the title bar toggles the
>> maximized, unmax states quite conveniently and is a much bigger target.
>> While the close button in the corner makes a good consistent target, the
>> other two buttons are a little fiddly, both in size and location.
>>
>> The problem that I see it that people that are rearranging windows for a
>> particular purpose are typically moving the mouse cursor in long
>> swooping motions.  (At least in my use case)  Trying to hit a small
>> button tends to break that type flow.  The double clicking of the title
>> bar works in my flow because it doesn't slow me down and is doable in
>> long swooping gestures.
>>
>> Perhaps we should examine dropping the min,max buttons in favor of a
>> more "holistic" active windows approach?  Food for thought.
>>
>
> This is what David and I are proposing - replacing this buttons for a single
> button which does the duty, using gestures to make one action or another. In
> David's proposal, closing button would still exist, but in mine, there would
> be only one button in the future.
> If there is a single, big button, it can be reached easily and fast. And
> this button represents the window - every action made with this button would
> be an action made to the window.
> Of course, we could use no buttons at all, and make the gesture directly to
> the window, but I think it would confuse new users. It might be worth
> discussing, though.
>
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