[Note: I have sent this email to ubuntu-devel because I thought the ayatana list is intended only for discussions about notification and presence projects and the like. It's stuck in the moderation queue there though and I see now that people discuss the window controls here]
Hi, Sorry for (re?)opening this can of worms. I have searched and couldn't find a discussion of this particular question, so I feel obliged to point out a possible collision with Gnome 3's UI in case it was missed somehow. Disclaimer: I don't have strong feelings about either control placement and think that Lucid looks fantastic. There is this file "GNOME Shell - A design for a personal integrated digital work environment" at http://www.gnome.org/~mccann/shell/design/GNOME_Shell-20091114.pdf which seems to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date document about the design goals of Gnome 3. On page 6, you can find the considerations I'm quoting below. Note in the second paragraph how the hot corner of the screen assumes that the windows' top-left corner is free of other items: "Window caption controls are located on the opposite (right-hand) side". I realize that Lucid's window controls are not flush-left and even in a maximized window would not unconditionally interfere with a top-left hot corner. Still, the controls would be pretty close and certainly would not exactly help avoiding confusion. At the least they are not where Gnome 3 apparently will assume them to be. 'Hot corner The upper left corner of the Activities Item and the screen should behave as a "hot corner." Moving the pointer into this area should automatically activate the Activies Item. This offers a few advantages: * Allows for quickly accessing functionality * Eliminates need to aim and click on target button * May be perceived as more efficient by users * Obviates the need for "dwell click" for input devices without button click functionality (eg. head/eye tracking pointers) * May facilitate drag-and-drop into the Overview (if necessary) Unlike many other forms of hot corners or edges this will likely not be subject to inadvertent triggering for a few reasons: * The corner in which it resides is already "owned" by a control for identical functionality * Window caption controls are located on the opposite (right-hand) side Once the Activities Overview has been triggered using the hot-corner, the pointer should have to move at least 5 pixels before the corner can be triggered again. Similarly, clicks on the Activities Item should be ignored for a short time after the hot-corner is activated. These are necessary in order to "de-bounce" activations.' Otherwise, thanks for a job IMHO extremely well done with Lucid's design. Mario _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
