Re: [Usability] preferences windows, window preferences,

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On May 23, 2007, at 9:03 AM, Jacob Beauregard wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 May 2007 11:18:22 Mike Burns wrote:
> ...
> > In gconf, apps/metacity/general/button_layout. For example,
> > "menu,minimize,maximize,close:" will put everything on the left side 
> > of the titlebar.
>
> So the ability both exists and is useful? The question remains, why is 
> it so hidden?
> ...

Because the ease of doing anything in an interface should be 
proportional to how many people want to do it, how often they want to 
do it, how urgently they want to do it, and the average benefit of 
doing it.

With rearranging title bar buttons, hardly anyone wants to, those who 
do typically do it only once, it's never urgent, and the benefit is not 
great. Given that, it's remarkable that it doesn't even require 
recompiling.

(I've rearranged them for myself, because having the close button right 
next to the others is stupid. But I think that's an argument for having 
a better default arrangement, not for making the customization easier.)

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/