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2012/5/17 Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx>

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> -------- Mensagem original --------  Assunto: Thoughts on the top left
> corner? Can it be done better or prettier?  Data: Mon, 05 Mar 2012
> 21:00:52 -0000  De: shane <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx> <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>  Responder
> a: shane <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx> <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>  Para: Pedro Bessa
> <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Something has been bugging me about unity ever since the the behaviour
> of the window buttons was changed to hide with the global menu.
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> That thing is the top left corner of the desktop:
> [image: Screenshot at 2012/03/05 20:24:22] <http://s17.postimage.org/5m0uf8n5n/>
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> With the default setup of launcher always showing and a maximized
> window, that top left just looks odd to me.
> When the window buttons were visible, the window title and global menu
> lined up with the maximized window and everything looked normal.
> Since the behaviour was changed it is like that left part of the menu
> bar is overhanging the window and no longer looks part of it, if that
> makes sense.  It just looks terribly ugly to me.
> Although it has no direct affect on usablity, I just find it incredibly
> distracting and I just cannot take my eyes away from the area.
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> I have added a second screenshot which shows the launcher icons at their
> smallest size and the window buttons visible.
> Again, this looks odd in the way the buttons overhang and make things
> look odd again.
> [image: Screenshot at 2012/03/05 20:25:40] <http://postimage.org/image/7oak8h20n/>
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> I'm not sure what the alternatives are but I would be interested to hear
> other people's thoughts on this?
> I cannot help but feel such a visual glitch (for want of a better
> phrase) would never be allowed in other major environments (Windows, OS
> X, KDE Gnome 3 etc).
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