On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Carl Simpson <cwd.simp...@gmail.com>wrote:
> My concern is that the functionality of changing the volume of Banshee > moves about quite a bit. It does this in two ways: > 1) It moves from place to place in the interface- namely between the panel > and the window decoration of Banshee. > 2) When in Banshee's window decoration it literally changes place on the > screen. > This will be true of all system-relevant window indicators. > > Is such a degree of movement of functionality acceptable? > +1, this is too much movement and confusion - users should always find what they want where they look. Therefore, having the presence of a window volume control in the sound menu depend on external factors is a design mistake - out of habit, the user will look there, only to find that it's not there. What I suggest is to have system-related windicators always be present in the panel, and only have a duplicate shown in the window border if it's not maximized. Although this does duplicate functionality, I feel that the problem this causes are less than the problem caused by the moving of functionality. Now that I think about it, I see little need for windicators - they offer little benefits, and pose many design problems. :/
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