On 19/03/10 10:53, Mr. X wrote: >> My mouse cursor usually hovers around the right side >> of windows because the vertical scroll bars are on the >> right. Also, since I read left-to-right, it seems easier to >> interact with windows at the right side. >> > That's a very good point. > > There's no sense moving the min/max/close buttons to the left, if the > scroll bars are still in the right. >
Our design roadmap calls for us to reduce the visibility of scrollbars, and emphasise: - touch scrolling - scrollwheels Most people don't scroll with the scrollbar any more. The use the scrollbar to gauge "how much fo the document am I seeing". > Perhaps the UI designers were trying to open space for the > notifications? A better solution would be to display the notifications > in the bottom right. > No, notifications were not the primary driver. Moving the window controls to the left does ease the interaction with the notifications, though. Mark -- [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize,maximize,close" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs