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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just throwing out an idea: why can't we just move the window controls to the
right and have a wingpanel for the appindicators in the right bottom?

2011/8/25 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 Ubuntu button(BFB) to invoke the dash has been replaced by a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.
>
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