Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:37, Vishnoo wrote: > What could probably be a solution is adding pointer friction to the top > edge of the menubar , so that it is less easy to over-shoot the menubar > and could probably prevent accidentally hitting the window controls. > hey i love this idea! perhaps

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Jan-Christoph Borchardt
On 15 April 2010 12:54, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > On Thursday 15,April,2010 06:35 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > >> I don't think it will be an issue with GNOME Shell, as the top-left corner > >> is a > >> hot corner for triggering the overlay mode so you don't need to click the > >> button, just flick

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Vishnoo
On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 11:12 +0100, Luke Benstead wrote: > Just to quickly add my experience to this. I've not yet accidentally > hit the close button, however I have on several occasions hit minimize > when aiming for the Applications menu. I also tweeted about it in > frustration: http://twitter.c

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On Thursday 15,April,2010 06:35 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: >> I don't think it will be an issue with GNOME Shell, as the top-left corner >> is a >> hot corner for triggering the overlay mode so you don't need to click the >> button, just flick your cursor to the top left corner. The button is just

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Luke Benstead
> I don't think it will be an issue with GNOME Shell, as the top-left corner is > a > hot corner for triggering the overlay mode so you don't need to click the > button, just flick your cursor to the top left corner. The button is just > there > for discoverability and to provide tablet users wit

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On Thursday 15,April,2010 06:12 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > Just to quickly add my experience to this. I've not yet accidentally > hit the close button, however I have on several occasions hit minimize > when aiming for the Applications menu. I also tweeted about it in > frustration: http://twitter.

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Luke Benstead
Just to quickly add my experience to this. I've not yet accidentally hit the close button, however I have on several occasions hit minimize when aiming for the Applications menu. I also tweeted about it in frustration: http://twitter.com/kazade/status/12155652979 I'm now totally confused, because

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Conscious User
I've gave the buttons a chance ever since they were proposed. My overall conclusion is that it is not difficult to get used to with respect to "forgetting the old habits". After a couple of days I was already going always to the left side by instinct. But I also concluded, from actual incidents,

Re: [Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 15/04/10 09:08, Vishnoo wrote: > With the "old"[earlier alpha order] order of < max,min,close: > on the > left side, I used to occasionally hit the maximize button instead of > hitting the "File" menu in the menubar. But this wasnt a big deal as i > could unmaximize the window and no harm was d

[Ayatana] User feedback from the new WM control order

2010-04-15 Thread Vishnoo
Hi, Not to rehash the same old boring topic, but to just give a user feedback from using the 2 new positions of the window controls. I'v been patiently trying to use the new positioning and trying to see if it is better or doesnt really matter. With the "old"[earlier alpha order] order of < max,