On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:45 AM, Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> I often hear suggestions like this; about where something should be > placed or how it should behave because it belongs to this or that > technical part of the system, but surely something should be placed > where it is most logical to place it in terms of user interaction, not > system semantics. > > As Brandon said, moving the indicators to the bottom doesn't make sense > from an interaction point of view since it takes up more space (two > panels vs one). > > Furthermore, placing them at the bottom would increase the distance the > mouse has to travel from the top-left corner. At the moment one of the > things I really like about Unity is that almost everything I use > regularly is in the top-left quarter of my screen. This is particularly > important for me, as I use a laptop touchpad. The indicators, being in > the top right, are a screen width away. If we put them in the bottom > right, they are a screen diagonal away. > > If we were desperate to make the application/OS distinction (though as > I've said, I'm personally not in favour of semantics over ease of use) > we could put the indicators in the launcher, but then they take up space > in the launcher. This space could be reduced by having two columns of > indicators, but then some indicator menus would cover other indicators > and miss clicks become more annoying. We could also put the indicators > in a drawer, but that increases the number of clicks. > > For me personally, the current location of indicators makes sense from > an interaction point of view, at the fairly minimal (IMHO) cost of > system semantics. > > Matt > > On 02/08/12 00:09, Pedro Bessa wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Mr. Yazel said he likes the option of changing the position >> of the top bar to the bottom of the screen. >> >> >> I said in a old, different bug report: >> "Windows are rectangles and the rectangles are a group, >> but you're making windows look like weird rectangles." >> >> Now, I noticed: >> in windows, sys tray is out of the window >> in unity, indicators are in the window >> >> >> Indicarors don't belong to the app/window. >> They belong to the os/distro. >> >> >> Please, move indicators to the bottom of the screen. >> >> Best regards, >> Pedro Bessa >> >> PS the quote is at https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/873541 >> > > > -- > 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 +1 to what Matt said. -- 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
