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[André Oliva <gandreoliva@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, what do you think about this idea?

I'm really concerned about how an user new to Ubuntu will react when he
wants to invoke the launcher when a window is maximized with the current
design.

André.


2011/8/25 André Oliva <gandreoliva@xxxxxxxxx>

> The original proposition, I believe, is to keep the window controls as in
> 11.04. On the left side.
>
> Again, the Ubuntu button when the window is maximized, I think, it's going
> to look as in Natty, and when the launcher is invoked, the button "grows up"
> (by an animation) and then looks like the button in the mockup (part of the
> launcher). The window controls, etc., as in Natty.
>
> André.
>
>
>
> 2011/8/25 Eylem Koca <eylemkoca@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> But a (wing)panel on the right bottom would mean sacrificing screen
>> area. I wouldn't like that...
>> What I would really like is to have a very thin dock for
>> appindicators; an always-on-top dock that
>> 1) won't reserve screen area,
>> 2) you can move anywhere on the screen, even on top of the panel, and
>> 3) you can even rotate 90 degrees
>> 4) you can snap on a given window titlebar (asking too much?)
>>
>> With such an appindicator-dock , we can move the window controls to
>> the right (both on windows and on the top panel), and the Ubuntu
>> button can reclaim its rightful top-left corner. What do you guys
>> think?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > 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 Ubuntu button(BFB) to invoke the dash has been replaced by a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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