On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 15:21, Gino Vincenzini <openmysourcec...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I understand what people are saying but I agree that it makes little sense > to try desperately to preserve the vertical space by sticking the launcher > on the left side in an app ecosystem designed for the launcher or dock to > be at the bottom. > Very well said. Thanks for putting it so clearly. > If that be the case then the reasons that integrate the menu bar with the > launcher are no longer relevant, because why the launcher should be on the > side in the first place is a fundamental idea. Honestly I think the best > way to handle that is to default to the bottom, allow some cool integration > when on the left side and let the user pick in the settings. But that's > just my opinion. > On Dec 1, 2011 4:11 AM, "Sunil Singh Rana" <sunil.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:18, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Many Apps also use the bottom and right edges too. Totem, for example. >>> >> >> Agree. Specially the right side is always used by scroll bar of the >> application. Totems still have one bar, which mention time, in between. But >> the back arrow of the browser, one of the most use apps, is too close to >> the left bar. Quite some web-interfaces, Gmail for example, also have a >> lot of links very close to left edge. >> I hope I made it clear. Left side panel will remain annoying unless we >> come up with a well thought out mouse gesture to call the panel. >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Nov 29, 2011 6:02 PM, "Sunil Singh Rana" <sunil.r...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Friends, >>>> I hope all of you are having fun. :) >>>> >>>> Saving the vertical space could be a founding block, but a foundation >>>> should be consistent with all the foundations. we can't ignore the fact >>>> that most application uses the space close to left edge for navigation >>>> within itself; for example: back button of a browser. It is normal that >>>> launcher on the left will keep appearing as an uninvited guest and shall >>>> keep annoying. I wonder how many user actually notices the more vertical >>>> space available to them but I am sure many of them get annoyed with this >>>> unnecessary revelation of the launcher. Secondly, the top left corner >>>> becomes a problem to give a consistent design. >>>> >>>> It is difficult to take a completely new approach, take it as an axiom >>>> and, at the same time, fit it to the traditional approaches which are built >>>> on completely different set of axiom. >>>> >>>> I think -- I might be wrong -- most application assumes that the >>>> launcher would be at the bottom and this leaves the bottom side free from >>>> any button. >>>> >>>> We really need to focus on consistency and universality of the >>>> experience. I think these things has added plenty to the success of mac. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 19:54, Chad M/ Germann <cgerm...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 18:31 +0100, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: >>>>> > On 11/29/2011 05:55 PM, Christian Rupp wrote: >>>>> > > I know it was discussed several times, but a plug-in finally got >>>>> it working: >>>>> > > >>>>> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/install-ubuntu-unity-bottom-launcher.html >>>>> > >>>>> > That's not a very good design. The whole point of unity was to save >>>>> > vertical space and use horizontal space. This is quite opposite, >>>>> leaving >>>>> > even lesser space. Instead a thinner bottom panel like LinuxMint 12 >>>>> may >>>>> > be more 'practical' where users can see running apps and switch >>>>> easily. >>>>> >>>>> that may be the case but it eliminates the strict "It mist be this way" >>>>> fascism that unity currently represents. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>>> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> सुनील राणा >>>> >>>> "Unselfishness is more paying only people have not the patience to >>>> practice it." >>>> >>>> " 'I love you' is a wrong sentence as where, there exist 'I' and 'you' >>>> love can not. Love is an attribute of the absolute." >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> सुनील राणा >> >> "Unselfishness is more paying only people have not the patience to >> practice it." >> >> " 'I love you' is a wrong sentence as where, there exist 'I' and 'you' >> love can not. Love is an attribute of the absolute." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> -- सुनील राणा "Unselfishness is more paying only people have not the patience to practice it." " 'I love you' is a wrong sentence as where, there exist 'I' and 'you' love can not. Love is an attribute of the absolute."
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