Personally, at the time of writing this, I do not like this change as it
seems to be more a change for changes sake in an effort to simply be
different. There seems to have been an element of groupthink in the
design and decision process. This is a pity because for the most part,
despite a few edge cases here and there, I actually quite like the look
of the new Lucid themes.
The top-left of the window is now overloaded and looks cluttered with
the window buttons, window title, application menus, and icon bars. Even
more so when the window is maximised and you have the Gnome Panel and
Gnome Menu Bar in the top-left as well. The old Window layout was more
balanced with the actual application icon, window title, and window
buttons spaced across the top of the window. (I have not tried this with
Gnome Shell yet, but I can foresee problems unintentionally entering the
Activities Overview. And just to add to the confusion when using the
Activities Overview a close button appears on the top-right of the
window under the mouse.)
Even after several days usage I am struggling to over come my muscle
memory. I still instinctively move the mouse to the upper-right to
maximise, minimise, and close my windows. When I then look at the top-
right of the window to actually select the window button I want I have
found myself momentarily confused ("Hey, where are the window buttons?")
before correcting myself ("Hey, they are on the left now, remember."). I
still get caught out using the maximise and minimise buttons.
Perhaps this is being made more difficult because I am also using other
computers running Windows and Karmic so the existing muscle memory is
being re-enforced using these. Whatever the reason, I am finding it
frustrating and it makes the time to perform the intended action longer.
I am sure there are usability and GUI experts out there that would have
a field day explaining why this is the case. Thankfully, unlike some
other desktop environments, with Ubuntu I can change the theme and
window button positions if I decide this change is not for me in the
long-term. I guess time will tell.
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[light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to
"menu:minimize,maximize,close"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633
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