[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Michael Gilbert
can we at least get some kind of confirmation that it is going to be easy to switch the buttons back to normal? gconf is great, but it really isn't viable for most of ubuntu's users (the point-and-clickers). also can we get a confirmation that the buttons will continue to look professional on

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@Michael... #609 That illustrates my point clearly on why this whole left-right thing should be theme-driven. Thanks :D -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Bernhard
That illustrates my point clearly on why this whole left-right thing should be theme-driven. Thanks :D This has been implemented for a while now. Are you actually using lucid at all? -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@bernhard, not as a primary OS. I run it on a test box. My main OS is still 8.04.4LTS and my laptop runs 9.04. (I still think 8.04 is really the best one to date. It all went downhill from there.) If it has been implemented, then why post #609? If this is possible, then both he and I (and many

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Bernhard
@pyramid: In current lucid with all updates, open Appearance and choose a classical theme (e.g. human or dust). Then it should move the buttons to the right. If not, please comment on bug 533758. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Scaine
The final release should clear up the remaining aspects of this design choice (galling to call it that). System/appearance still shows all themes with buttons on the right. Radiance, Ambiance and Dust have buttons left, while Clearlooks, Dust Sand and New wave have buttons right. No consistency

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread scholli
Slowly, slowly. I am not a IT-Specialist, but even me I know that every new Version has to been 'patched' before it's going out. It's always a lot of work and always the same thing. Before it goes out it have to be tested (... but in Alpha and Beta I'm not always sure they do :). And now I come to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread aatdark
@Pyramid Technologies #607 i stand 100% behind your post. the problem is not the decision itself, but the way how it was - discussed - communicated - implemented And i think this is a very important question for the whole community: Should ubuntu ignore the community (lp,brainstorm, etc ..) to

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jef, it is certainly not the case that any OEM has directed these changes. We do direct our original engineering to things that make Ubuntu better for OEM customers, but we have complete independence as to which way to lead Ubuntu. A lot of the OEM feedback is very valuable though. Mark --

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Yann
Well, after dailly updates, dust that was sticky to it's right buttons origins is now left... Error or... will all default themes be now left, not only new ones? I think users may know about what's going on to make their decision to continue or not: A lot of things already have to be setup by

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Gürkan Sengün
The change of the buttons from the right to the left, with different order is a fatal change. Even I as an experienced computer user was annoyed. Having had a different them, where all buttons look the same, even on mouse over. So it was unclar which button did close/maximize-minimize/hide...

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pako
Pyramid Technologies, You don't want to use Windows? The only reason that you want buttons right was your Windows machine @ work. So you can count on another alternative, simply revert the order of buttons on your Windows machine to left and the problem is solved. -- [Master] Window Control

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Pako Yes, I will hack my work PC that I don't own and I'm sure that won't break corporate policy. Riiight. No. The reason I don't want the menu button order and location changed is because for the past 32 years (longer than many on here have been alive I'm sure), I've used it the current

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pako
And here you breaking the policy of Ubuntu. And please stop saying that will be hard for new users to adopt the layout or whatever the problem they might have, that's why there are thousands of help channels, forums, how to-s and even the help icon on panel. There is a wise saying: Who want, will

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
And here you breaking the policy of Ubuntu Pot - kettle - black. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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.

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Please, Pako, and Pyramid, stop bickering in this bug. That is not appropriate, nor constructive. You have different opinions, please leave it at that. Mark -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Bob Dole
Pyramid, you should check out Fedora. I'm going to that on its next full release, its design is more in line with what I'm looking for right out the gate, this prevents me from having to change all the PC's I install it on. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Oliver Joos
@Mark: I just wrote a similar comment when I read yours - thank you. I think Yann got the point. As I wrote in comment #514, the biggest problem seems that button positions are a GLOBAL setting so that ALL themes are affected. This takes away the freedom to choose. If the button positions are set

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Anzan Hoshin
Hi Mark, Here's a thought: If the buttons are being moved and there is work going on with notifications then what if the tootips that show for the buttons included standard keybindings such as CTL+W? It might help people to learn them and then not care where the buttons are. Anzan -- [Master]

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Jef Spaleta
Mark, Have OEM customers given you valuable feedback on this specific design change? Can you sketch the process by which OEMs give you valuable feedback to design decisions? Are OEM partners in the room while designers are having private meetings? Do OEMs have a dedicated feedback mechanism

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Thank you to everybody who has participated in this discussion. The final decision on window controls for 10.04 LTS is as follows: - the window controls will remain on the left, however - the order will change to be (from left) close, minimize, maximise The decision is based on the view that

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Debian here I come. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread cornbread
Gay -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Apr 1, 2010 11:27 AM, Mark Shuttleworth lt;m...@canonical.comgt; wrote: Thank you to everybody who has participated in this discussion. The final decision on window controls for 10.04 LTS is as follows: - the window controls will remain on the left, however

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread RagTimE
very very bad idea this is it for me bye ubuntu -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
Just to clarify - on my current lucid system I can choose between human theme that has buttons on the right and radiance theme with buttons on the left. Is the decision to switch all themes to left side buttons or will it stay as it is now and this final part of the button order only applies to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Dag Odenhall
- the order will change to be (from left) close, minimize, maximise Putting the most destructive action first. Wasn't the whole point to make it more sane for LTR reading? -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread hills
Mark Shuttleworth: Our intent is to encourage innovation, discussion, and design with the right of the window title bar. Innovation at the cost of other very important features is wrong. Whatever great innovation it is. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Jonathan Carter
@Dag (#569) Well, as Mark pointed out before, we really need more data before any real solid good choices can be made. Perhaps we should ask ourselves whether buttons should be ordered according to whether they are most desctructive, or most used. Personally, I spend more clicks on closing

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Lasse Kärkkäinen
The new order matches OS X, which is definitely a good thing (I wonder why this wasn't stated as the reason). While I highly dislike the decision, at least this order I can live with. Otherwise it would had been distro or OS change time (not because of the buttons alone, of course, but because

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Danimoth
Just providing some data: - I like the new positioning :). I fear i am the only one though. - For the above reasons ( the 2nd part obviously) i think its a bad idea. Also, good thing there is an option to change it, but from my experience, default dominates everything. Now, for my personal

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:40:25 - Dag Odenhall dag.odenh...@gmail.com wrote: - the order will change to be (from left) close, minimize, maximise Putting the most destructive action first. Wasn't the whole point to make it more sane for LTR reading? Close may be ‘destructive’, but I would

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Scott Todd
Thanks Mark. Personally, this is the second best solution, but a solution I can live with. And when trying to promote Ubuntu to others, at least I can say it is like using a Mac, in this regard. I am hoping the upcoming changes which make this necessary are worth it. I was waiting for LTS to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
I've watched a screencast (long time ago sorry don't want to google it up) from the guy who lead the design team behind Office 2007 ribbon design. He showed a lot of data gathered from the Office 2003 User participation improvement programme, eye tracking and user test labs. On particular aspect

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Jeremy Bicha
Aigars, the left-side change was not meant to affect the other themes, that was a bug which has since been fixed. You can keep using your right-side Human theme for Lucid. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Dag Odenhall
@Jonathan You make a good argument. I eagerly await how it will look in action, as I thought the maximize,minimize,close setup looked quite nice. In my mind, close,minimize,maximize looks less nice, but I could be wrong. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread scholli
not a own face finally, but surely a good marketing-gag :) The light-theme fits to the modern Icons very well and the hardest bugs has gone... now it's only fine-tuning. The new Indicators on Panel and only the better Software-Center makes Ubuntu to the best choose for the next generation-folks.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread J . Ó Broin
It's too bad, I was really liking the Maximize, Minimize, Close order. But I guess I was in the minority on that one. Having the Close button farther in from the edge gave me that extra split-second to decide if I was really done using a window. Ah well, at least it's easy to change. :) --

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Rich Wales
I still say that placement of the buttons on the left is wrong. But if you absolutely insist on doing this, there needs to be a user- visible option in the preferences GUI to allow someone to reposition the buttons via a check-box. Expecting people to launch gconf-editor from the Run Application

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Paul Sladen
** Description changed: === Master Bug === (As per the design team's request) All bugs concerning the window controls are being duped to this master bug. All the decisions regarding the position/order/alignment will be dealt as a one. === Desire === Please centre the window title

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Samuel Buffet
To refuse change because it's different is BAD. To change only because it's different is BAD. Anyway, good decision comes from good rationale (except maybe in casinos). Where's the rationale here ? None is explained. Where's the benefit here ? None is explained. What's the risk ? The risk is to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Paul Sladen
** Description changed: === Master Bug === (As per the design team's request) All bugs concerning the window controls are being duped to this master bug. All the decisions regarding the position/order/alignment will be dealt as a one. === Desire === Please centre the window title

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli, since you're a gambling person, I need to open a casino. Odds are 100% in the house's favor (me) on not going back to Ubuntu. You've never seen an rm -rf /* done so fast in your life. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
** Description changed: === Master Bug === (As per the design team's request) All bugs concerning the window controls are being duped to this master bug. All the decisions regarding the position/order/alignment will be dealt as a one. === Desire === Please centre the window title

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread scholli
@ Pyramid: :-D Radical decisions from a heart-broken man. I look forward... send me a postcard if I was right. Cheers PD: Don't forget sudo; better is the partition-manager from the new Live-CD. ;) -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Jaeger
Here's an idea: Why not make the upper right hand corner of each window an 'activity corner' in gnome 3? On 04/01/2010 02:12 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Our intent is to encourage innovation, discussion, and design with the right of the window title bar. We have some ideas, and others are

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Tiago Silva
These guys don't know what they are doing. Usability experts... my ass. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli YEAH!! YOU WIN!!! *** YOU *** get a cookie...and tons of people leaving. I've said my opinion. Others have said theirs, now time will indeed tell. What will you say when the mass exodus AWAY from Ubuntu happens? Ohh yes, you and Piko will say how wrong everyone else is.. and you'll

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
http://havethebuttonsmovedbackyet.com/ -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Oli
@ Mark Shuttleworth You sure that's not an April Fools joke wrapped in another one? I mean it certain looks like an extended prank; switching the buttons around and letting us think you'd leave it in an LTS just as the world was starting to take Ubuntu and Linux seriously... And I've still not

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Frits Jalvingh
Irritating your users with such a silly and currently /completely useless/ change is not innovation- it is dumb. Not listening to your users is not very bright either. Provide something useful together with such a change, not long after. By itself this is not a big problem - thank god we have a

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 01/04/10 22:20, Dag Odenhall wrote: @Jonathan You make a good argument. I eagerly await how it will look in action, as I thought the maximize,minimize,close setup looked quite nice. In my mind, close,minimize,maximize looks less nice, but I could be wrong. I agree that having the close

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Appier
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:18:05 -0400, Jeremy Bicha jer...@bicha.net wrote: Aigars, the left-side change was not meant to affect the other themes, that was a bug which has since been fixed. You can keep using your right-side Human theme for Lucid. Let me get this clear, the move all the buttons

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread running_rabbit07
I like it. I don't see why people flame such a small change. @ Oli, umm he has plans for the right side. Ever heard of trade secrets? Sounds logical enough to me. @ Mark, Thank you! Cheers, Ronnie -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@running... Stop with the F.U.D. trade secrets in Open Source? If that's the case, boy does Debian have a bone to pick. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread scholli
@ pYramid: I didn't win, so my argument about unique has gone. I liked the initial 'order' more, because IT was so unique and you had to think a little bit before you want close the windows really! ... meanwhile you looked for the red point. Your last comment was sweet. Dude, what is written on

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread running_rabbit07
@ pyramid F.U.D.? Not. Don't bend my words with your sarcasm. Trade Secrets are ideas, not patents. Once their idea is out in the light, then anyone will be able to copy it. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread scholli
# 588 ... and it's not Piko, but Pako -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread cornbread
BUT... Apple's close button doesn't close an application -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Apr 1, 2010 2:07 PM, Jonathan Carter lt;jonat...@ubuntu.comgt; wrote: @Dag (#569) Well, as Mark pointed out before, we really need more data before any real solid good choices can be made. Perhaps we

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread nomnex
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 23:14 +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: I agree that having the close button inset was visually more interesting. But in the end, the view that carried the day was that having the close button in the place where it moves around the least (the corner) was most valuable. The

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Kyle Jones
Well thanks. I've already experienced the reaction of a novice user who had the window buttons unexpectedly switch around on them. They loved it about as much as much as they would a hole in the head. Their annoyance turned into my annoyance. So thanks again. I'll be looking forward to hearing

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Z47isthenew42
@ Mark. Ignoring your users is not the way to go. Even when I'm on Windows, I rarely use Microsoft Window after the ribbon was introduced in 2007. In fact, I came to Ubuntu after I got annoyed with Windows Vista. When the vast majority of users want the window control buttons on the right, you

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Z47isthenew42
@ Mark. Also, what are these ideas you have? I find it hard to believe you have ideas when you have not even named one. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli Wrong Pyramid. Microsoft will include a new feature, because it's really better and if they are unsure the will insert a option for redo this change to old habits. We shall see if Office 2010 has the ribbon UI, the old UI, or the ribbon U with an option to revert, which Office 2007 does

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Pako
@Pyramid Technologies I have a feeling that you just started to mistreat us and I think that your demands are immodest, because there is already a patch that allows switching the buttons easily. Kubuntu would be ideal distro for you, the GUI is almost identical with Windows. -- [Master] Window

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@piko No mistreatment meant. Demands? No. Not at all. You are free to code as you wish, but any company or entity that ignores the majority of it's customer base, is doomed to fail. I think the majority of users (based on my own data gathering from view blog posts, websites, etc) is in favor of

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread scholli
@ Piramid :) I will link out here. I don't wont have here a only 3-man-threat. We have a completely different way to see the stuff. I respect it, but it's not mine. bye -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Jefspa Leta
Pyramid Technologies 545 : Is anyone here... a customer? As in paying Canonical for anything? It would be very ironic if later it becomes known that these design changes were in fact prompted in part by paying customers such as OEM partners over the concerns of non-paying customers. -- [Master]

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@Jefspa Is anyone a customer in the literal sense of money exchanging hands? No, not to my knowledge. I guess I could have said user, customer end-user, or if A creates B and C uses it ..it's all really the same thing in the end. Rather than argue semantics, let's focus on the points I

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Pietro Battiston
This is not a forum, guys. I humbly suggest opening a thread on Ubuntu forums and stop spamming here. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 31/03/10 19:07, Jefspa Leta wrote: Is anyone here... a customer? As in paying Canonical for anything? It would be very ironic if later it becomes known that these design changes were in fact prompted in part by paying customers such as OEM partners over the concerns of non-paying customers.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-31 Thread Jef Spaleta
Mark, It's not the case that such a hypothetical situation would be ironic? Or are you saying that someone in this ticket is a paying support customer? I'm not particular sure which of my sentences you are negating. The intent was to get Pyramid to reassess the imprecise thinking about whether

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Oliver Joos
I also feel a strong temptation to add another why I don't like those buttons, but let me try differently: To me the problem seems to be, that ALL themes are affected by a decision meant for the new themes only. So I propose to fix this by changing the GLOBAL setting for button positions into a

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Yann
@Jefspa Leta: Thanks for the underlying information... It's right that having background from default theme is not so nice to see when you don't want mauve colors on your desk and have removed default background, even if this no more a fundamental deal-breaker for ubuntu choice. I read some

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pako
@Josh Vermaas But surely he will want you to show them the possibilities Ubuntu can do, in that moment when he find out that the sides are alterable and he can choose any of them, he would never return to Windows. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Jan Nekvasil
If this can be considered as a valid data, I for myself _strongly_ disliked the change at first, but gave it a try (that's what the development version is for). After few days I get pretty used to it, and now I can't imagine having the buttons on the right (pun, pun) side. The key benefits for me

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Steven
Hi, after Mark's comment I wrote a two (quite brutal) python scripts that: 1) prints the mouse position to a file every 5 seconds (the output can the be redirected to a file) 2) generates an heat mat (a sort of, actually only red is used) from the previous file I used the first script for

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Steven
** Attachment added: Script for generating the heat-map from collected data http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42498022/heatmap.py -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Steven
** Attachment added: Mouse data collected using previous script http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42498092/mousepos.txt -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Steven
** Attachment added: My heat map http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42498130/heat.jpg -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli Sorry. I must not be a key person aka Developer God, so my opinion doesn't count I guess. I tried Lucid at an early stage, waited, then downloaded the latest one like I said. I only use Linux every day, install it on people's machines for my friends and business customers, support and

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread scholli
Steve it's a nice work you did. But is IOGraphica do the same with the heats, is more exactly (continuous and not every 5 seconds) and show the ways you did with the mouse. But in the end it's maybe a good script for a long time data collect. So I think it's great, too. Thanks. Maybe a notice

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Secret Future Ubuntu User Interface Plans Revealed! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/44121 -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Anzan Hoshin
On 30 March 2010 11:57, Pyramid Technologies r...@roadie.net wrote: Secret Future Ubuntu User Interface Plans Revealed! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/44121 -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Ludwik Trammer
I hope my post doesn't violate Mark's suggestion to only add comments to this bug if they are adding data that could guide a decision. I just wanted to say that I work as the IT person in High School in Warsaw, Poland, which uses Ubuntu on it's computers exclusively. I just learned about this

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Greg Merchan
Thank you, Ludwik, for recognizing that students are supposed to be learning new things. This is too often forgotten and in fact there are university classes in the US devoted to slavish memorization of Microsoft applications. I would say that teachers and administrators should be even more

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread CinCout
The new design will annoy new users who want to move from Windows to Ubuntu, which is the best GNU/Linux distro to recommend to partially tech users, even if it is not ready for mass consumption yet. gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string :minimize,maximize,close

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Flabdablet
You're a smart man, Mark, but this decision is wrong. Moving standard controls around without an obviously compelling reason to do so is madness, as is encouraging your design team to ignore overwhelming user dissatisfaction. A spiffy aubergine paint job won't sell cars whose clutch, brake and

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
The post #71 by Matthias Klumpp has many valid points. I really hope you could at least postpone this design change to Lucid+1, otherwise there is a great risk that we'll be stuck with a big annoyance in a LTS release. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Mark, clearly there MUST be enough data here by now, on the Internet in general, etc, to make a sound decision and back it up with clear and concise data. Right now this is taking a play right out of ex-president Bush's playbook... Stay the course. If we see a Mission Accomplished sigh unveiled

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread scholli
@ last inscribers: right click on screen - click on change appearance and background - choose the theme-tab - choose a theme like Dust ... have fun with right. Ambiance and Radiance have a unique good look with left. I am associating Ubuntu with left - max,min,close now. Would be sad to lose

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread James Schriver
On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 20:23 +, scholli wrote: @ last inscribers: right click on screen - click on change appearance and background - choose the theme-tab - choose a theme like Dust ... have fun with right. Ambiance and Radiance have a unique good look with left. I am associating

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
@scholli Perhaps you have hit on it right there. Make every theme work either with the wacked out max,min,close now on the left OR the proper min,max,close on the right like 95% of the World's computer users are used to. I know about the Dust theme, but I don't care fo it and I don't want to be

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
Addendum: By default, everything should be on the right and in the normal order. As for the ambiguous never-clarified-changes Mark has mentioned for 10.010, those should move with the theme selected as well. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pako
scholli, you'll answer the question that Mr. above ask, or you let me do that? -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment 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

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Rushton
@dashua There is no option to reverse the button layout in the appearance settings off the bat. The only time I have seen this option come up is if you pick either of the two new themes and then manually edit the gconf settings to change the buttons to be on the right side. At this point if you go

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread scholli
Work with Windows @ work and work with Ubuntu @ home it's not stringent necessary to put them on the right. I have to respect that it's confusing for some peoples, mostly for elder persons, okay. At other side there are many peoples in the world who can handle it easily. They say maybe, like

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Pyramid Technologies
What do you think would happen if Microsoft said We're doing away with the Start Menu and Taskbar we've had since 1995. we're going to implement the Ribbon interface instead. I can guarantee that the corporate users would not deal with that change at all. Companies would balk about the learning

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread scholli
Wrong Pyramid. Microsoft will include a new feature, because it's really better and if they are unsure the will insert a option for redo this change to old habits. The same happens here. We have a change, but you are always free to redo it if you wish it. The mistakes of Microsoft are that they

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Tim Webster
Gui inconsistency bug. 1) Notice the sub window tabs close on the right side and the main window closes on the left side. Either change all the sub window tabs or change the main window. 2) Icons must be intuitive What does ^ represent? __ |__| is clearly maximize What does v represent?

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread scholli
@ Webster: + - X ... ^ v X ... [ ] _ X is obviously the same and the most used symbols I saw over the last years in Windows-decorations in gnome-look.org for example. ^ means simply: up - bigger - grow v means oviously: down - small - minimize The next is the design-issue... put v

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