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Re: design, give a suitable direction forward

 

What exactly is wrong with the patch that was submitted by Trevino?
https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg09055.html


On 25 April 2012 05:43, Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Em 13-04-2012 03:00, Mark Shuttleworth escreveu:
>
> balint777,
>
> Thanks for your carefully worded suggestion and mockup, they make it
> very easy to think about your proposal.
>
> I agree, the dangling window controls are somewhat difficult. There are
> are two drivers for them:
>
>  * keeping the menu in the same place with and without the launcher (the
> window controls are left of the File menu)
>  * keeping the close-in-the-corner Fitts Law (though I think there's a
> bug that means we don't get this currently)
>
> Your proposal is one option. Let's explore a few of them!
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> make window controls and indicators switch places
>
> there is:
> envelope, network, sound, time, me, system settings containing shutdown
> there could be:
> envelope, me, time, system settings containing network, sound and shutdown
>
> put the texts close, minimize and maximize respectivelly after the icons
> close, minimize and maximize
>
> with simple indicators, you can learn unity from left to right easily
> with labelled window controls, you can discover the window controls easily
>
> or
>
> move the launcher to the bottom of the screen
>
> does anybody have any other proposal?
>
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