Re: window controls removing max and min from windows committed..

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> So Owen committed the windows control here as explained here:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-February/msg00192.html
>
> We'll need to update the faq and also we'll need to figure out how to
> explain how this is an improvement. 

Indeed - we'll need to communicate the virtues of the change. (I think
it's a great move.)

> This is a fairly significant departure from how most DEs do things
> with window management

But there are precedents...

>  and I would be interested in how we will need to manage this change
> and give a clear idea of how this will work for them.  I must confess
> that I myself will have to go through a re-learning experience caused
> by years of habit on this feature.

It would be good to have some data on these kinds of adjustments. Do we
have a figure on how long it will take people to adjust, for instance?
One piece of advice that I often give people is to give GNOME Shell a
decent try before making a judgment, since you can't form an opinion
about it until you've shaken off some of your old habits. Maybe we
should settle on a fixed period we'd advise people to try it for? A
week, perhaps?

Best,

Allan
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