Zeemvel
August 13th, 2010, 03:40 PM
I discovered on this forum why the close button is now on the left:
Minimize, Maximize and Close button placement.
A decision has been taken to move the placement to the left. Mark Shuttleworth explained that this was because "something" is going to be placed in the right hand area in the next release. Moving the buttons now would help enable this change.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/333
To place a shopping cart icon on the right side.
20 years of user interface tradition, thrown away, to put a shopping cart there?
Why is the gas pedal of a car always on the right side? Because people are used to it that way. Why not keep user interfaces consistent too?
Further in the link is another message about removing the status bars. If anything, the status bar could get the special icons.
Is Gnome into this as well, or is it just Ubuntu?
Minimize, Maximize and Close button placement.
A decision has been taken to move the placement to the left. Mark Shuttleworth explained that this was because "something" is going to be placed in the right hand area in the next release. Moving the buttons now would help enable this change.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/333
To place a shopping cart icon on the right side.
20 years of user interface tradition, thrown away, to put a shopping cart there?
Why is the gas pedal of a car always on the right side? Because people are used to it that way. Why not keep user interfaces consistent too?
Further in the link is another message about removing the status bars. If anything, the status bar could get the special icons.
Is Gnome into this as well, or is it just Ubuntu?