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[Eylem Koca <eylemkoca@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, what's going to happen to the window controls? Is this proposing removal
of them? If not, how's the whole thing going to work?
On Aug 25, 2011 12:12 PM, "André Oliva" <gandreoliva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The user Sashin created a blueprint for Unity:
>
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/unity-shell/+spec/better-ubuntu-button-bfb.
> Had someone checked it out?
>
> I'm transcribing here the description:
>
> Recently (although possibly not final) in Ubuntu development the top left
> Ubuntu button(BFB) to invoke the dash has been replaced by a
shortcut-esque
> icon on the launcher. This was due to usability testing by Canonical that
> found that the button was not easily discoverable and that users clicked
the
> home button mistaking it for the dash. Although the current solution
> resolves said issue, it also creates two problems:
> -Lack of visual difference between BFB and shortcuts: Users may mistake
the
> button as "just another app"
> -longer time to invoke dash (as it is no longer in the top left corner
> rather arbitary aiming is required to position the cursor slightly below
the
> panel)
>
> I propose a differently styled buttonto the launcher icons that takes up
the
> area of both the launcher and the panel, making it;
> visually distinct, accessible via corner of the screen and easily
> discoverable. This can be illustrated in the following mockup (albeit
poorly
> drawn).
>
>
> I have done a mockup of this blueprint:
>
> http://sites.google.com/site/gandreoliva/hybridbutton
>
> Personally, I like the idea. I have seen that Ubuntu users, when a window
is
> maximized, look for some place they can click in order to reveal the
> launcher or dash. That place is, of course, the top left button. I think
> that users are going to get more confused when a window is maximized where
> is the "main menu" (dash). A panel that simply dissapears is not
intuitive.
> I also understand that when the launcher is shown, users see the "home
> button" as the "principal button". But, with this idea, the two problems
are
> solved. A big Ubuntu button when the launcher is shown, and a little
Ubuntu
> button in the panel when the launcher is hidden. I think it's simpler,
it's
> more intuitive.
>
>
> André Oliva.