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Re: "Hybrid" (panel/launcher) top left corner button

 

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Eylem Koca wrote on 27/08/11 03:49:
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> The current design is justified by the motivation to move the window
> control buttons to the top left.
> Apparently, the usability tests for 11.04 design showed that the
> window controls are better on the top left, so they moved the Ubuntu
> button out of that location.
>...

No, the usability test didn't show anything like that. (How could it
have, when the test environment used only one placement?)

What it did show was that, except for a bug, everyone managed to close a
window. However, 4 of 11 people clicked the Me menu thinking it might be
the close button.

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