eate some
mock-ups when I find the time and post them in the hopes that they
provide some inspiration to someone, somewhere (somewhen?). :-)
Kind Regards,
Lee Hyde.
--
"There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
-- Dr. Jonas Stalk, on being asked who owned the patent for his poli
nted correctly) the
application title and the global-menu into a single, compact panel item
(a single /locus/ where the end-user can both identify which application
is active, and access its menus).
Kind Regards,
Lee Hyde.
--
"There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
toolbar (summoned by a
single button, or clicking on the window title).
Kind Regards,
Lee Hyde.
*I find that I intuitively recall the vertical position of a menu item,
whereas I don't recall the horizontal position. Am I alone in this? Is
this a known phenomenon?
--
"There is no patent
On 21/03/11 11:41, SorinN wrote:
> Using Close-Minimize-Maximize buttons on the left side on the window
> top is a breach for example (if you> would have even the basic
> understanding of the subject of usability you would know why...)
+1 :-)
Regards,
Lee.
--
"It is characteristic of theistic
On 21/03/11 11:12, Mitja Pagon wrote:
>> Good stuff - the menu (M) button should be implemented by ages ..
>> finally some necessary order regarding usability
>
> No it should not, it's a bad idea and a degradation of usablity and if
> you would have even the basic understanding of the subject of
On 17/03/11 12:51, Saleel Velankar wrote:
> I think on single user scenarios, the gconf key to show the name should be
> toggled to 0 by default.
That's a good idea. Though some thought needs to be given as to whether
the existence of a guest account should toggle the gconf key back to 1/2
or not
On 16/03/11 17:16, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> You actually don't disagree with the assesment, because to do so, you
> would have to understand what I said, instead of just loading off stuff
> that is bugging you, but has nothing to do with my post.
I used my own frustrations to illustrate a point and
On 16/03/11 15:00, Mitja Pagon wrote:
> You picked the wrong example as "left-aligned" windows controls were not
> a design decision "per se", but rather a decision based on Mark
> Shuttleworth's own personal preference, as stated by himself.
Never-the-less it was a design decision, simply one han
On 16/03/11 13:01, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> If you are not under too tight constraints, the questionshouldn't be
> how something is being done, not even how users would like to do it, but
> rather: how should they do it?
I thoroughly disagree with this assessment of UI/X design for the
following re
On 11/03/11 15:51, M. Adnan Quaium wrote:
> May be it can be renamed as "Desktop Preferences" or any suitable name
> (if it is possible) rather than "Control Centre"...
Changing the name won't change it's unsuitability for the Me Menu. It
just doesn't fit there at all. If it must be placed in any
On 11/03/11 14:41, Mark Curtis wrote:
> Someone else suggested putting it in the Me Menu
> This would solve both problems of not being close to Shut Down nor
> cluttering up the Launcher
>
I can't imagine any justification for placing a Control Centre entry
within the Me Menu (other than desperati
ch was the reasoning behind the shut-down
and restart confirmation dialogues. As an aside, why were similar
dialogues for standby and hibernate abandoned. That decision never made
much sense to me, and I do hope it's reversed at some point. I can't
count the number of times (actually I can,
d).
As an aside; the ideal solution to *custom statuses* would be if to
defined then *as statuses* within the client/protocol itself. That would
however require protocol updates to WLM/Yahoo/GTalk which are not likely
forthcoming. :(
Kind Regards,
Lee Hyde.
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