Re: [Ayatana] Persistent menu mockup

2011-04-21 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 04/21/2011 07:36 AM, S. Christian Collins wrote: Most people would agree that making the menubar moving left and right is not an acceptable solution, so explaining what would you do in the maximized case is essential. Why couldn't the same solution work for maximized windows as well? The

Re: [Ayatana] Persistent menu mockup

2011-04-21 Thread Luke Benstead
On 21 April 2011 06:36, S. Christian Collins s.chriscoll...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/20/2011 11:41 PM, Conscious User wrote: Without explaining what is your idea for maximized windows, the usefulness of the mockup is very limited. Most people would agree that making the menubar moving left and

Re: [Ayatana] Fitts Law

2011-04-21 Thread Mitja Pagon
- Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: These questions really need answering, Luke. I somewhat doubt we will get any response, it's looking more and more like the time when window controls were switched to the left, after a while the opposition just gave up and later on Mr.

Re: [Ayatana] The top right thing

2011-04-21 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 02:01, Daniel Silva raditz...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd call it the power button. correct, since that's what this button is called in the physical world. the button is a button, the menu behind it may carry an entirely different name, but the button is what it is ;)

Re: [Ayatana] Fitts Law

2011-04-21 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 20:35, Toby Smithe tsmi...@ubuntu.com wrote: This just seems to be, in the most part, a vacuum outlet for community discontent, rather than a place for constructive discussion. every public mailing list behaves like that, when under heavy load. some break, some

Re: [Ayatana] Let's have the launcher phagocytize the new system tray

2011-04-21 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 19:32, Peterson Silva peterson@gmail.comwrote: Well, this inspired me. Do we really need the system tray when similar things can be achieved through the launcher now? what system tray are you referring to? perhaps re-read this excellent article by mpt to revive

[Ayatana] 'Open a New Window' Jumplist

2011-04-21 Thread Melvin Garcia
In was thinking about the 'Open a New Window' jumplist entry for Firefox should be available in every web browser and file browser or any app that supports multiple windows. Newbies would want to try to open a new window by right clicking the Launcher icon and since it's there for Firefox, why not

Re: [Ayatana] 'Open a New Window' Jumplist

2011-04-21 Thread Didier Roche
Le jeudi 21 avril 2011 à 10:28 -0400, Melvin Garcia a écrit : In was thinking about the 'Open a New Window' jumplist entry for Firefox should be available in every web browser and file browser or any app that supports multiple windows. Newbies would want to try to open a new window by right