Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-28 Thread Ryan Gauger
On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Gregory Merchan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Ryan Gauger wrote: >> Scrollbars have been on the right ever since I've been alive. It's not >> natural for them to be on the left. We can't exactly do it even if we wanted >> to either, because it wouldn'

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-28 Thread Christian Giordano
Hi Chad, ... On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Chad M. Germann wrote: > Ubuntu should embrace its Unix heritage and move all those scrollbars to > the left. > Do you think "Unix heritage" is the secret ingredient that will bring Ubuntu user base to 200M? I have the feeling, I might be wrong, tha

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Gregory Merchan
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Chad M. Germann wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 17:13 -0500, Gregory Merchan wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Chad M. Germann wrote: >> > . . . >> > Ubuntu should embrace its Unix heritage and move all those scrollbars to >> > the left. >> >> Are you tro

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Chad M. Germann
On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 17:13 -0500, Gregory Merchan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Chad M. Germann wrote: > > . . . > > Ubuntu should embrace its Unix heritage and move all those scrollbars to > > the left. > > Are you trolling? I am to Old to flamebate or troll (or whatever it is yo

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Gregory Merchan
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Ryan Gauger wrote: > Scrollbars have been on the right ever since I've been alive. It's not > natural for them to be on the left. We can't exactly do it even if we wanted > to either, because it wouldn't work with a lot of apps that use scrollbars. > Ubuntu woul

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Gregory Merchan
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Chad M. Germann wrote: > . . . > Ubuntu should embrace its Unix heritage and move all those scrollbars to > the left. Are you trolling? The "Unix heritage" is by no means so clear. I remember at least 4 different kinds of scroll bars offhand. Some of them quite

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Ryan Gauger
On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:28 PM, "Chad M. Germann" wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 16:56 +0100, Christian Giordano wrote: >> Hi Britt, could you please clarify what is awesome in this mockup that >> Ubuntu would NEED? > > the Application navigation is a major improvement Note how application > n

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Chad M. Germann
On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 16:56 +0100, Christian Giordano wrote: > Hi Britt, could you please clarify what is awesome in this mockup that > Ubuntu would NEED? the Application navigation is a major improvement Note how application nav. is opened as soon as one opens the dash the Applicatiuon lens pr

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-27 Thread Christian Giordano
Hi Britt, could you please clarify what is awesome in this mockup that Ubuntu would NEED? Posting mockups without the opportunity to deep dive into issues and solution, can be not particularly productive. By the way, watching the mockup... besides the not matching Unity style, there are some issue

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-25 Thread Omar B .
Just saw this new enhanced stuff in ubuntu-TV's unity: http://www.iloveubuntu.net/creative-developer-expresses-enhanced-ubuntu-tv-video-demo I hope some of that stuff makes it to normal unity. Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:23:33 -0700 Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-25 Thread Omar B .
@lists.launchpad.net Subject: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup This is an excellent design mockup by Fredrico Mendes Araujo if you guys haven't seen it yet. It is a few months old, but we NEED something like this to add the 'spice' to get people to truely adopt and see Ubuntu a

Re: [Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-25 Thread Ryan Gauger
On Jul 25, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Britt Yazel wrote: > This is an excellent design mockup by Fredrico Mendes Araujo if you guys > haven't seen it yet. It is a few months old, but we NEED something like this > to add the 'spice' to get people to truely adopt and see Ubuntu as a > legitimate alter

[Unity-design] Very awesome design mockup

2012-07-25 Thread Britt Yazel
This is an excellent design mockup by Fredrico Mendes Araujo if you guys haven't seen it yet. It is a few months old, but we NEED something like this to add the 'spice' to get people to truely adopt and see Ubuntu as a legitimate alternative. As Mac OS X has shown...sexy and stable is what the cons