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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:37, Vishnoo <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What could probably be a solution is adding pointer friction to the top
> edge of the menubar , so that it is less easy to over-shoot the menubar
> and could probably prevent accidentally hitting the window controls.
>

hey i love this idea!
perhaps also add some sort of hint to make ALT-F1 discoverable
after all, we don't use the superkey to open the most frequently used menu (
Applications )
perhaps a tooltip?

A Tooltip on the top right for opening the Applications menu via [ALT+F1]
would also give the users a simple way of avoiding misplaced clicks up
there, keyboard provided, so the new position of the window buttons up there
will not cause trouble as long as i'm using a keyboard anyway..
..but then again, like Chow Loong Jin stated somewhere in the "Middle Click"
thread, tooltips are a whole other topic; together with "hints to keyboard
shortcuts" in menus and overall consistency in the three areas.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 19:27, Jan-Christoph Borchardt <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
Yes, it is only the one top left pixel. But that makes it no better;
> Fitts’s Law works as well in reverse.


Jan, i thought you'd never come onto this thread ;)
yeah thanks for the "Zaunpfahl", i just learnt a great deal from your mail!