Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Posted Apr 2, 2010 8:08 UTC (Fri) by zzxtty (guest, #45175)
Parent article: Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

I realise this is petty and trolling etc. but this has actually made me remove Ubuntu from my laptop (I realise you can fix bug/feature with gconf, but why should we have to? How long before gconf is removed to aid useability?). Ubuntu really does appear to have become Project Copy Mac(TM), and that is an interface I cannot stand. I'm currently trying out Fedora, its come a long way since core 4!

A Petty Troll

it's only a beta people

Posted Apr 2, 2010 8:39 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (4 responses)

you may want to wait until they have an actual release with the feature that you don't like before throwing them out.

it may or may not change before the release.

the way to make it change is to point out problems (the close near the edit menu for example), not to state that you have already abandoned ubuntu

so far this has been in a single beta release, they could change it back in the next beta, or they could leave it in all the way to the release.

but a lot of the posts here make me think that the people who made them really didn't use ubuntu to start with.

it's only a beta people

Posted Apr 2, 2010 8:48 UTC (Fri) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link] (1 responses)

"The decision as to the window controls location and order itself is now
final, and as they say in the old newspapers, no further correspondence will
be entered into."

Could be me but that just doesn't sound like it would change again any time
soon...

it's only a beta people

Posted Apr 2, 2010 17:01 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

there were other comments from him that said that they would be evaluating this again before the release.

I will point out that becoming defensive and hardening your stance is a very common reaction to being attacked.

most of the reaction to this change has not be disagreement, it's been attacks.

it's only a beta people

Posted Apr 2, 2010 17:15 UTC (Fri) by zzxtty (guest, #45175) [Link]

I've been using ubuntu for years, I tried the beta, I wasn't just mildly annoying. I've been using computers for decades, my hand automatically moves to the top right to close a window. This one simple change leaves me *fighting* with the user interface. I tend to have lots of windows open, stacked, the close buttons are usually accessible because of the way I manage my windows. With this change I'm being asked, no told, to change they way I work. I do not like the change, I do not like the way it was made. Thankfully there are plenty of other distributions out there.

I will continue to use the server version, that is until they decide to move the shell prompt to the right.

it's only a beta people

Posted Apr 8, 2010 13:14 UTC (Thu) by Cato (guest, #7643) [Link]

I do use Ubuntu and I find this feature annoying - the first thing I do with 10.04 will be to choose a theme that turns this off, which will negate the expensive design work on the new theme of course.

Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Posted Apr 2, 2010 15:04 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

If you don't like the theme, just change back to the old theme. The buttons will be back at your desired location.