So, what do you think about this idea? I'm really concerned about how an user new to Ubuntu will react when he wants to invoke the launcher when a window is maximized with the current design.
André. 2011/8/25 André Oliva <gandreol...@gmail.com> > The original proposition, I believe, is to keep the window controls as in > 11.04. On the left side. > > Again, the Ubuntu button when the window is maximized, I think, it's going > to look as in Natty, and when the launcher is invoked, the button "grows up" > (by an animation) and then looks like the button in the mockup (part of the > launcher). The window controls, etc., as in Natty. > > André. > > > > 2011/8/25 Eylem Koca <eylemk...@gmail.com> > >> But a (wing)panel on the right bottom would mean sacrificing screen >> area. I wouldn't like that... >> What I would really like is to have a very thin dock for >> appindicators; an always-on-top dock that >> 1) won't reserve screen area, >> 2) you can move anywhere on the screen, even on top of the panel, and >> 3) you can even rotate 90 degrees >> 4) you can snap on a given window titlebar (asking too much?) >> >> With such an appindicator-dock , we can move the window controls to >> the right (both on windows and on the top panel), and the Ubuntu >> button can reclaim its rightful top-left corner. What do you guys >> think? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist >> <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Just throwing out an idea: why can't we just move the window controls to >> the >> > right and have a wingpanel for the appindicators in the right bottom? >> > >> > 2011/8/25 Eylem Koca <eylemk...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> So, what's going to happen to the window controls? Is this proposing >> >> removal of them? If not, how's the whole thing going to work? >> >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2011 12:12 PM, "André Oliva" <gandreol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> >> > >> >> > The user Sashin created a blueprint for Unity: >> >> > >> >> > >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/unity-shell/+spec/better-ubuntu-button-bfb >> . >> >> > Had someone checked it out? >> >> > >> >> > I'm transcribing here the description: >> >> > >> >> > Recently (although possibly not final) in Ubuntu development the top >> >> > left >> >> > Ubuntu button(BFB) to invoke the dash has been replaced by a >> >> > shortcut-esque >> >> > icon on the launcher. This was due to usability testing by Canonical >> >> > that >> >> > found that the button was not easily discoverable and that users >> clicked >> >> > the >> >> > home button mistaking it for the dash. Although the current solution >> >> > resolves said issue, it also creates two problems: >> >> > -Lack of visual difference between BFB and shortcuts: Users may >> mistake >> >> > the >> >> > button as "just another app" >> >> > -longer time to invoke dash (as it is no longer in the top left >> corner >> >> > rather arbitary aiming is required to position the cursor slightly >> below >> >> > the >> >> > panel) >> >> > >> >> > I propose a differently styled buttonto the launcher icons that takes >> up >> >> > the >> >> > area of both the launcher and the panel, making it; >> >> > visually distinct, accessible via corner of the screen and easily >> >> > discoverable. This can be illustrated in the following mockup (albeit >> >> > poorly >> >> > drawn). >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I have done a mockup of this blueprint: >> >> > >> >> > http://sites.google.com/site/gandreoliva/hybridbutton >> >> > >> >> > Personally, I like the idea. I have seen that Ubuntu users, when a >> >> > window is >> >> > maximized, look for some place they can click in order to reveal the >> >> > launcher or dash. That place is, of course, the top left button. I >> think >> >> > that users are going to get more confused when a window is maximized >> >> > where >> >> > is the "main menu" (dash). A panel that simply dissapears is not >> >> > intuitive. >> >> > I also understand that when the launcher is shown, users see the >> "home >> >> > button" as the "principal button". But, with this idea, the two >> problems >> >> > are >> >> > solved. A big Ubuntu button when the launcher is shown, and a little >> >> > Ubuntu >> >> > button in the panel when the launcher is hidden. I think it's >> simpler, >> >> > it's >> >> > more intuitive. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > André Oliva. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
