The community has spoken and was ignored.

Posted Apr 2, 2010 2:44 UTC (Fri) by tdwebste (guest, #18154)
Parent article: Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Within the ubuntu community there was a massive unified outcry against the
obfuscation of window control icons.

Join a community where your voice is heard, not ignored.
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Not only did ubuntu move the buttons to the left. They also made them small
and confusing.

What does 'v','^' stand for?

Before the window icons where obvious
__
|__| is obvious

__ is obvious

The community has spoken and was ignored.

Posted Apr 2, 2010 23:16 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (3 responses)

'v' and '^' are obvious too. They stand for 'move window down' and 'move
window up'. Unfortunately someone seems to have typoed and attached the
wrong actions to them.

The community has spoken and was ignored.

Posted Apr 3, 2010 6:32 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I thought they stood for "make window concave" and "make window convex".

The community has spoken and was ignored.

Posted Apr 11, 2010 14:01 UTC (Sun) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link] (1 responses)

Move windows up and down? In the stacking order?

Cause I generally let click-to-focus handle that.

If you meant "up and down" to a minimized state, I hope you can see why not only is that not obvious, but there's a different mapping for those concepts which *is* obvious. Well, ok, at least it *exists*. :-)

The community has spoken and was ignored.

Posted Apr 11, 2010 19:20 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Yes, in the stacking order. Having buttons that handle that really is useful if you hate click-to-raise, but, yes, my comment was a bit tongue-in-cheek. :)