*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 532633 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633
There is a bug somewhere. I used the gconf-editor tweak to fix the bug on two
machines that were running alpha 3. I just installed beta1 on my laptop and
learned, the hard way, the the gconf-tweak has been disabled. Changing the
metacity setting no longer moves the buttons to the right.
If this is not a bug because it is a design decision then it is time to
debug the designer by replacing him/her/them. They are, to but blunt,
incompetent and arrogant beyond the meaning of the word arrogant. I have
seen this kind of disregard for the pain of other humans only in the
history of mass scam artists and spammers. I am serious, this is, for
me, a deal killer. If this is left in, I and many people like me will
simply switch to another, any other distribution.
I have read comments from Shuttleworth on this is intended to "free up"
the right hand side of the window title bar to make room for space for
"future" "enhancements". So this disregard for all of comes directly
from the top. Not sure what to do about that. His comments also tell us
the he not only has no interest in fixing the problem. He plans to make
it worse, much worse, by putting something in the right hand corner. If
what he puts there is any kind of a control it will be hit and triggered
constantly by everyone who use Ubuntu.
Why do I say pain? In my case I must use Windows machines everyday.
OTOH, I have been using an X based desktop since X11R3. I have been
using a desktop with the window buttons on the right since the late
'1980s? So long ago it is hard to remember :-) Every time I try to use
Lucid on my laptop my eyes go wonky trying to find the window buttons.
It takes me several seconds to find the new buttons. It wastes my time,
and it causes me physical pain from the eyestrain of having to search
carefully for the buttons. Yeah, if I've been using X since the 1980s I
must be old by now.
Here is the punchline, the kicker, the deal breaker....
I installed Lucid Alpha 3 on a test machine and freaked when the windows
came up without any buttons. On closer inspection I found them on the
wrong side. I quickly found out how to correct the problem using gconf-
editor. I thought, ok that was easy I can live with that. I put Lucid
Alpha 3 on my desktop and I've been using it happily with that little
tweak with gconf-editor and a few clicks of the mouse to get rid of that
unreadable new theme. Ok, so I waited until beta 1 came out and waited a
few days for it to stabilize and I installed it on my laptop. (I really
love Ubuntu on a laptop.) I also updated my test machine and desktop to
beta 1.
After rebooting I went in to gconf-editor and changed the buttons back
to the right. The first two times I did that on my other two machines
the buttons moved instantly. But, on a fully updated install of beta 1
the buttons did not move. The buttons are still on the right on the
machines I installed with alpha 3. But, on the machine I installed with
beta 1 the buttons did not move. I have checked and the changes to show
up in gconf-editor. But, the buttons are still on the left. They have
not moved. I have check the settings three times now and even rebooted
between checking and the buttons are still on the left.
It would seem that there is either a bug, or the Ubuntu folks have now
made it impossible to correct this error without doing surgery on either
the theme or the source code. I do not know which.
Tomorrow I start looking for a new distro. Maybe I'll just go back to
Debian. It works and I've never seen them pull a stunt as stupid as
this. Yeah, they have do some pretty weird things. But I have never seen
them disregard all of their users. Anyone have suggestions?
This change is not only causing me physical pain it is causing damage to
my reputation among my friends and family. I converted my wife, my adult
children to Ubuntu, several friends, and other relations to Ubuntu..
They all also have to use Windows everyday to make a living. I am
already getting indications that they will be expecting me to reinstall
Windows on their computers if this bug is in the final release of Lucid.
I suspect that is going to happen all over the world. It is really sad.
I am sure that the folks are Ubuntu do not really understand just how
damaging a decision like this is. The reaction I've seen to this change
is a lot like the time a new guy decided to order the deep fried
jalapeños just because the rest of the development team were ordering
them. He was just down from Wisconsin and pronounced the word as if it
were English. That is, he said "j" as in "just" not the correct "j" as
in "hall".
Long story short. He liked the fried masa they were covered in. He had
no trouble with the cheddar cheese they were stuffed with. But, despite
repeated and intense warnings. And, an explanation of why they are
stuffed with cheese. He bit into the pepper. He turned purple. He tried
to drown his pain in a pitcher of water. The waitress, the sweat heart,
brought over some sour cream and butter to ease his pain. He went home
sick after lunch. I felt a lot like that after being first seeing this
bug and then being forced to spend time trying to fix it. You can
imagine how I felt when I found out that Ubuntu did this to us on
purpose. Now I have to waste more time finding and installing yet
another version of Linux. I can't leave my laptop like this. Not going
to happen.
Good by, good luck. Ubuntu was nice while it lasted.
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[Lucid] Window controls are on the left side after update
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