Thank you for the summary! As a deaf person, I really appreciate it. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Here is a summary of the video. > > He calls the launcher auto-hide behavior "weird" and "really confusing": > - - The behavior is different depending on whether there is a window in > the left part of the screen. > - - The behavior is different depending on whether any window is > maximized (because a maximized window is in the left part of the > screen). > - - The launcher partly appears when you hover over the Ubuntu button, > but doesn't actually work unless you go right into the corner. > - - Hovering over the Ubuntu button reveals the launcher, but clicking > the Ubuntu button hides the launcher. > He recommends showing the launcher all the time by default, with an > option to auto-hide it. > > Other launcher details: > - - He calls the icon stacking "pretty" clever", but is annoyed that it > expands downwards rather than upwards, which means that you have to > scroll the launcher by clicking and dragging. > - - The drag-scrolling is uselessly possible even when the launcher has > empty space. "For a long time I was wondering, what the hell was > that for?" > - - This in turn means that you can't rearrange items in the launcher > merely by dragging vertically. > - - At least the scrolling is better than the paging through icons in > Windows 7's taskbar, which "is no good because it's modal". > - - He suggests that instead of scrolling, it would be better for the > launcher to have a second row. > - - Failing that, he suggests putting up a little overlay message when > you scroll the launcher, explaining what's going on. > - - "I think that trash can is kind of silly, I just don't think people > need to look at their trash can that frequently." > - - He's also annoyed that "Applications", "Files & Folders", and > "Workspace Switcher" are stuck in the launcher permanently. "Special > cases always require a great deal of justification", and "having > workspaces visible by default is a really terrible idea". (He goes > into detail about people who barely even understand the distinction > between Web pages and browsers, let alone workspaces.) > > Dash: > - - He likes the Dash, especially that the search field is at the top > rather than at the bottom as it is in Windows. > - - He thinks the default contents are good for novice users, but > wonders why there are four applications here, and guesses that they > might have been chosen by user testing. > - - The "Shortcuts" button is weird and has a confusing Home icon -- > "it has nothing to do with" your home folder. > - - The resize button is "weird", because clicking it rearranges the > icons, and it seems unnecessary. > > Applications screen: > - - "I generally like this ... nice and readable, very well-spaced." > - - He criticizes showing "Apps Available for Download" by default, for > two reasons: > - "For most computer users ... they're overwhelmed by all the > options that already exist on their systems ... Trying to throw > more stuff at them just makes them less happy." > - The list is "a whole bunch of apps, where people have no idea > what the hell they're for." No descriptions, and crappy names. > - - You need to click a tiny "See 74 more results" control to see the > full list of installed applications. Why not just expand the screen > and show them with a scrollbar straight away? > - - It's not obvious that "All Applications" is clickable, and the items > in it are too small. > > Menu bar: > - - As someone who fidgets with his mouse, he dislikes how this makes > the menus show and hide distractingly. > - - When a background window is maximized: > - You can't close, minimize, or unmaximize it. > - The title for the active window looks like it's the title for > the background window. > - The menus for the active window look like they're the menus for > the maximized window. > - - He assumes that the "weird overlay" of the menu titles on the left > part of the application title is "a bug that will be fixed before > release". > - - He'd like to get rid of the global menu entirely. > - - Ideally, he'd prefer to get rid of the top bar entirely, moving the > icons at the top right of the screen to the bottom of the launcher. > - - "What they need, at the very least, to do is just ditch this whole > concept of merging the title bar into the top bar. You can't have > the global application menu, and this integrated title bar business, > going on at the same time." > - - Alternatively, have a button in the top bar that opens the menus in > a second row. > - - He likes the application icon shown in the top bar in Gnome 3. > > Miscellaneous: > - - He doesn't like that mounted volumes appear in the launcher. > - - He calls the Desktop folder "the long-standing dumbest idea in > interface design for twenty years". Goes into detail about how it's > bad for expert users, beginners, and intermediate users for > different reasons. > - - He wants Unity to get rid of minimization, like Gnome 3, and in his > ideal design all windows would be maximized. > > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2lj7oACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqDBQCgu/VhFjxSPVkKk6qP4f9++EDH > HKwAoNNJnL5Hpg2gROHC6xHb1umwk1ZX > =Ys2s > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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