Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

[Akshay Dua <akshay cs pdx edu>]

I am OK with or without buttons, but surely, you don't mean that
stable desktop interfaces released to production environments should
be a test bed, do you? I would assume that a test bed consists of a
volunteer group of beta testers that fill out usability surveys (which
I will be more than happy to do for the shell), but I am not sure that
a stable release should work as a test bed. It should probably try to
maximize popularity and keep focus on new and important features.

-- Akshay
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~akshay/



On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Robert Park <rbpark exolucere ca> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Akshay Dua <akshay cs pdx edu> wrote:
>> I don't know what started the rash that caused the itch to remove
>> those buttons, but its causing everyone to talk negatively about the
>> shell, while otherwise no one would have even cared if they remained
>> there. Am I wrong? Are there people truly bothered by seeing the
>> minimize button in the title bar?
>
> The goal of Gnome Shell is not to uphold the status quo. Gnome Shell
> is a test bed to experiment with a new paradigm in UI design. It is
> going to be different than what you are used to.
>
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