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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually I believe Mark gave some pretty clear reasons why. They want the
upper right to have a particular analogy, just like they want the upper
left. Right is for notifications, volume, brightness, and similar controls,
the left is for menus, opening and closing, and other window management. It
really does follow a logic; or, at least, more logic then no logic. It just
wasn't particularly stated clearly.

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 3 May 2010 22:14, Benjamin Humphrey wrote:
> > Interesting idea and I'll reserve final judgement till I see it in
> action,
> > or some clearer definitions of what would go into the windicator space. I
> > have a few thinking points, however:
>
> I have some more questions. What will happen with windicators if the
> window controls are configured back to the right of the window? Will
> they be swapped to the top left corner, or will be displaced to the
> left just a bit?
>
>
> > - Also, why did you move the buttons to the left in an LTS, when there is
> > nothing to replace them? Would it not have been better to wait until you
> had
> > something to replace the space on the right, before moving the buttons?
>
> Curiosity is killing me. Why was there a need to move the window
> controls at all, and not placing the windicators at the left instead?
> Is there a design reason why windicators are better at the top right
> of the window decoration? Someone that participated in the design
> talks for these indicators could shed some light as for why this
> layout was to be preferred over the symmetric, less disruptive
> alternative.
>
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