10.04: min/max/close buttons

[Dotan Cohen]

I've noticed that the Ubuntu 10.04 screenshots show the GTK window
chrome min/mix/close buttons on the left instead of the right. I
suppose that they are trying to emulate the Mac (the wallpaper
suggests this as well) however it looks like they are doing it wrong.
The reason those buttons are on the right in Windows is because being
near (and closer to the screen edge than) the Main Menu those buttons
will get pressed accidentally (See Fitt's law). As a Hebrew user, with
some applications putting them on the left and others putting them on
the right, I know all about this issue. I don't see this as a
programming error, so I did not file a bug. I'd like to hear other
people's opinion on the matter before I present the issue on the dev
list.

Thanks.


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