On 26 March 2010 13:53, Jim Rorie <jfro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 09:30 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> >> "David Siegel" <david.sie...@canonical.com> wrote: >> >> >I think maximize, minimize, and close are taken for granted -- they're >> >unquestioned assumptions carried over from a dusty desktop computing past. >> >Frankly, I'm not convinced that any of these buttons are worth the price >> >paid by users in time spent thinking about how to arrange their windows.
I think something worth thinking about is the link between the minimize/maximize buttons and the window switcher. The window switcher applet actually duplicates the window button functionality (e.g. clicking the window in the switcher will minimize or restore the window depending on its current state). If we are rethinking the buttons I think it's redesigning them with the taskbar in mind. Luke. P.S. I find the default Gnome taskbar quite cumbersome, DockbarX is a little better (e.g. one icon per application, all app windows are listed on hover) but I still think there are massive improvements to be made here - and I'm still not convinced that Gnome Shell's overview is the right approach. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
