Location of activities button needs to be re-considered

[mac_v <drkvi-a yahoo com>]

Hi , 

Reading the gnome shell design manual , it mentions that the shell must
be usable on touchscreens and input devices.

But if one is to use gnome-shell with touch or input device , there is a
problem , the activities button is in the top-left corner.

For a right-handed person > the hand is forced to move across the
screen , which is not ideal. And since the activities menu will always
be needed for most of the interactions this would be a major issue.

With every interaction in the activities menu , screen is always going
to be blocked by the hand. 
Click activities button, hand will block menus , 
clicking the more "arrow" , hand again blocks the menu . 
And opening any menu always requires the hand to be moved away to view
the contents. 
[this is one reasons the atm kiosks and several other kiosks place the
keypads on the right and the displays on the left]

And even in the laptop touchpads this location is a bit of a hassle.
Since the hot corner is also the top left corner ,this is a bit tougher
to trigger. 
Usually an user while using a laptop , uses the touchpad with their hand
placed at an angle and not perpendicular to the display. 
Since the hand is at an angle , the top-right and bottom-left corners
are easier to flick the hand towards , While it requires more effort to
hit the top-left and bottom-right corners. 

This positioning is also a problem when using a desktop and mouse , the
hand , while holding a mouse , is easier to flick to the top-right and
bottom-left than any other directions.

Since a lot of the interactions depend on the activities button and the
hot corner, it would be better if the activities button is placed on the
top-right by default , since majority of the population are
right-handed. 
[this positioning needs to be configurable , the left handed person
needs to be able to change the orientation of the top menu and allow the
activities to be placed on the top-left].

Any reasons why the present top-left is chosen for the default?


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Cheers,
mac_v