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[John Lea <john.lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefanos,

Thanks for spotting that bug, it's a dupe of the bug currently being 
used to track this feature.  The correct bug is 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/839690, and I have taken 
the liberty of adding your comment to this bug as it is relevant to the 
change request.

thanks,
John


On 05/09/11 16:56, Stefanos A. wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to bring to your attention a design issue with the new 
> unity buttons for maximized windows. The issue is that the buttons do 
> not touch the edges of the screen, which cause two different problems:
>
> 1. They are inconsistent with the indicators on the other side of the 
> top panel, which *do* extend to the edge of the screen.
> 2. They make closing windows quite difficult. If the X button extended 
> all the way to the cornern, we'd be able to through the mouse to the 
> corner and click. Right now, we have to move the mouse to the corner 
> and move it again to target the button. This is especially difficult 
> on smaller touchpads, like the one on my dm1z, where I consistently 
> have to try two or three times to hit the button.
>
> Since closing windows is one of the most common actions I tend to 
> perform, I'd love to see this fixed.
>
> This has been reported at 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/835977 but is a 
> design issue rather than a bug, so I raise this here for commenting.
>
> What do you think? Does anyone know how this could be fixed?
>
> Thanks,
> - Stefanos
>
>
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