Re: Proposal for a new default Gnome GUI

["David Adam Bordoley" <bordoley msu edu>]

> From: Michele Campeotto <ml micampe it>
> Il ven, 2003-06-06 alle 13:36, Ross Burton ha scritto:
> > I feel this too, and I believe the HIG agrees with me. 
> >
> > I believe the HIG states: 
> >
> > [close] TITLE    [min] [max]
>
>   I think the HIG doesn't suggests a particular order, but there is this
> draft that does:
>   http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/proposals/sawfish.html
> and it agrees with me and Rui :)
>   The "correct" order is:
>     [-][+] title [x]
> for a really simple reason: the close button is far from the File menu,
> which is a really often used item. The close button is better placed in
> the right corner, far from other controls (unless you have a very busy
> toolbar...).


In principle I agree with this, although in practice i've found
[close] TITLE    [max] [min] more practical, because i tend to minimize or 
maximize windows much more than i close them. (Having these buttons in the 
upper right hand corner makes them easier to target for right handed mouse 
users which probably explains why i prefer this order). The issue with the 
file menu does indeed exist, but isn't that just a good reason to have a 
global menubar :p 

/me runs 

dave