Excerpts from Martinx - ジェームズ's message of 2015-04-28 21:40:11 -0700: > On 28 April 2015 at 20:56, Mark Faine <mark.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I can understand if Ubuntu wants to be backward and contrary and default > > the window controls to the wrong side for new installations, but why must > > they force the issue. From what I understand it is very difficult, to the > > point of being impractical, to move them to the right side, due to > > decisions that were made specifically to prevent it. I don't understand > > this kind of thinking. Please give me the ability to put my window > > controls on the correct (right) side. > > > > Thanks > > > > I am very happy with window controls on the correct (left) side. :-P > > It is close to the App's Menus (I don't need to travel the entire screen to > hit those buttons) and Unity left panel. > > If I'm not wrong, with Ubuntu Teak Tools, you can do that, with Ubuntu > Gnome, you can do that, for sure.
The entire reason for them being on the left is to make the top-right of the screen consequence free for a single click. This is to encourage the user to dig into the indicators and to help developers inform users easily in a uniform way. Hate on it all you want, this is safer for new users, and it's almost a perfect copy of one of the things that is actually good about OS X. I've grown accustomed now, and I prefer it this way. :) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
