So find arguments for what the correct defaults are, instead of saying “Unity == no customisation”.
Talking about customisation is automatically talking about finding something else. No issue with people wanting to change the (frankly ridiculous) default behaviour, here. Just the "my-way-or-the-highway" accusation that is tired and nonsensical. 2011/4/15 Luke Benstead <kaz...@gmail.com> > I'm so tired of hearing this cop out. Yes, we can go and use something > else, we aren't forced to use Unity. But we are supposed to be winning > users here, not driving them away. > > Luke. > > On 15 April 2011 21:47, Carl Simpson <cwd.simp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html > > > > You can also use the classic gnome session if you want to use the old > panel > > applets. > > > > Offering a new shell by default, with certain default options, is hardly > > limiting you, or offering you the proverbial highway. > > > > 2011/4/15 Biturica <bitur...@gmail.com> > >> > >> It's beginning to feel like a lot of us were involuntarily shifted out > of > >> Ubuntu's demographic overnight. > >> > >> The titlebar being a waste of space is totally subjective and a matter > of > >> opinion. But it is my-way-or-the-highway opinions like this that are now > >> driving the new one-size-fits-all philosphy of Canonical and Ubuntu > fanboys. > >> > >> I would be all for trying out having application menus moved into a > >> drop-down in the window control / title bar, for all windows, regardless > of > >> whether maximized or not, and regardless of where I place my panel / > dock / > >> whatever we calling it this week (horizontal, vertical, one panel, two > >> panels, etc). Some of us don't want application menus and window titles > >> limiting what I can have on our panels. > >> > >> And even this drop-down application menu in the window title bar should > be > >> a toggle-able setting. Don't tell users what to do. If a user with two > 30 > >> inch monitors wants to retain menu bars inside application windows, > there is > >> no reason to take that away from a user. > >> > >> This would retain more respect for users who already have preferred > >> working habits, large screens, multiple monitors, etc. A lot of us are > >> content with "window" having a meaning and "panel" having a separate > >> meaning. Bored designers should just tweak their own desktops. Then when > >> they are experiencing a fit of one-size-fits-all thinking, they won't > hurt > >> anybody. > >> > >> > >> On 04/15/2011 11:41 AM, nick rundy wrote: > >> > >> I agree with Ian. > >> > >> I do NOT want a maximized window to have a separate titlebar. I want the > >> maximized window's controls to be merged into the panel. The titlebar > is an > >> enormous waste of space. IMHO it is useless. When a user maximizes a > window, > >> space is needed. > >> > >> Once people take some time and get used to this new design, they will > >> understand it and like it better. It makes a lot more sense than the old > way > >> of doing things. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > >
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