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[Alex Launi <alex.launi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Well, ideally the way to get rid of that wasted space would be to not have
> the bar there at all. Think about it; Unity has a side bar from bottom to
> top, the indicator applets sit top right *exactly* where there is an open
> space on any maximized window. So why can't the indicator applet just
> "float" top-right and there be no panel between the left bar and the
> indicators? Any maximized window would fill the gap with the title bar.
> Something like this? http://imgur.com/I30k3.png
>

HOT. Best of both worlds for maximized and unmaximized windows. I bet the
design team could do something up very nicely to make it clear that the
indicators weren't part of the window. The edge maybe rounded out at the
bottom?



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--Alex Launi