Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Posted Apr 2, 2010 9:28 UTC (Fri) by AndreE (guest, #60148)
Parent article: Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

I do have to wonder what innovations in the right title bar space couldn't have been added to the left title bar space

Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Posted Apr 2, 2010 14:26 UTC (Fri) by ikm (guest, #493) [Link] (1 responses)

Oh, this one's easy -- normally the application's menu is packed on the left side, and has space on the right. Once you move window buttons on the left as well, you have a lot of space to the right -- both menu and window title are empty there. Now, have you noticed that the 'Esfera' button is twice as large and takes all that space? That's the idea behind the change, I presume.

Ubuntu's window buttons to stay on the left

Posted Apr 2, 2010 15:50 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

Microsoft has this big button on the left in Office 2007, so it's not impossible. But maybe they want to avoid confusion with that.