> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:40:11 +0100 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Gnome Panel Creates Window Offsetting > > On 21. feb. 2012 03:21, Colton Allen wrote: > > If a user prefers to have their unity bar fixed (not set to autohide) > > then the close, minimize, and maximize buttons are offset to the left. > > It disjoints the experience. Why not have the Unity Bar take > > preference before the gnome panel. Users with a fixed bar will not be > > forced to deal with the offset and users with an autohide bar will > > have the gnome panel expand to fill the space left by the, now hidden, > > unity bar. > > > > Has this been taken into account? I think I read somewhere that the > > bar will be fixed by default now. > > > > Example: http://i.imgur.com/K4Z0L.png > > > When you say Unity Bar, you mean the vertical one at the left hand side, > right? That is actually called the Launcher. Unity does not use Gnome > Panel. That's a different desktop. It's called Unity Panel. > > It is indeed an issue, and I've spent some time trying to come up with a > better solution – including the one you present. The problem with your > idea is that it would make it more difficult to close windows without > hitting the Ubuntu button, similar to the previous issues with the > launcher in auto-hide. > hmm, i actually find the exact opposite. The misalignment makes it harder for me to close windows and instead i get a menu..., because i use the context of the window/app borders as reference. We need to let users decide if they want these misaligned windows. I for one just think this looks ugly or gives the impression of being half baked/ un finished, and sadly that's the traditional impression linux has always given.. > Interesting challenge. > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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