(Sorry Mark, I sent the email to you only by error) See below... :) -------- Message original -------- Sujet: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Proposal of new UI element for windows in Ubuntu: Esfera Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:00:41 +0100 De: Yann Lossouarn <y...@lossouarn.net> Pour :: Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> Références: <4bac51c5.3020...@ubuntu.com>
Hi Ayatana folks, IMHO, Pablo's proposal mixes too much concepts, or at least it mixes two concepts (buttons and gestures) that should remain separated. I *love* mouse gestures (I started using Opera for that unique feature, and stopped using Opera when FF extensions bringing the mouse gesture feature were published). But the reason why I love them is precisely that I don't have to find a button. And conversely, buttons are great, because they are really simple to use (even my 4y/o daughter knows how to click, and my 2y/o son is coming close ! :) ) and offer visibility to important functions. As described in Pablo's document, I feel we would lose both gestures' quickness and buttons' simplicity. Sorry, Pablo, not convinced. BTW : it seems Mark, David, Ivanka and all are "open to innovation". Did you consider integrating mouse gestures to Gnome ? It's not *really* an innovation, true, but very few people know this feature, and it could be "felt like an innovation". Cheers, Yann Mark Shuttleworth a écrit : > Hi folks > > Got this interesting proposal from Pablo, and thought it should be sent > to the list rather than handled in private correspondence. It reminds me > of something David Siegel was sketching out, also inspired by the > challenge of "how we can make the most of the new space". > > Pablo, if you're not subscribed to Ayatana, it's the best place to > sketch out a proposal like this. > > I appreciate both the detail in the proposal and the relaxed way it's > pitched! > > Mark > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Proposal of new UI element for windows in Ubuntu: Esfera > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:42:45 +0100 > From: Pablo Quirós <mr.pol...@gmail.com> > To: m...@ubuntu.com > > > > > Hello Mark, I've got a proposal on the buttons' subject. It is a new > element to be placed in the free space on the top-right of the windows. > > At first I wasn't very convinced on the UI change, and we exchanged a > couple of messages on the matter in the related bug report, but I've > thought about it and I agree with you that this could bring interesting > possibilities. > > I've designed a concept called Esfera, which I think could be a huge > step forward to the user experience, while bringing innovation to the > Ubuntu desktop. The idea is explained in the attached PDF; I hope you > can take the time to read it or at least send it to the Canonical Design > team. Sorry for the mockup; I'm a disaster using GIMP, but I hope it > illustrates the idea. > > I'd be very pleased to answer any question you may have about it. I'd > just request that if you implement the idea, I appear somewhere as the > author of the concept, and I've be glad if you kept the name I've chosen. > > Of course, there are lots of ideas that go nowhere, so I'd perfectly > understand if you consider it useless -- just thought it was good and > wanted to share it with you. > > Regards, > > Pablo Quirós > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
