Re: [Usability] default titlebar button layout [was: preferences

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On May 23, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> On May 23, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Jacob Beauregard wrote:
> ...
> > I've already explained why the benefit is great for me.
>
> Yes, you have, which is why you're here. Meanwhile, the vast majority
> of other Gnome users are getting actual work done.
>
> On a constructive note, if you are now motivated to even the effort
> slope a bit by developing your own TweakUI-like utility for options
> like that, I'm sure others would be interested.
> ...

I'm sorry, that came out badly.

What I meant was, the vast majority of Gnome users aren't in the same 
situation as you, preferring one button order in one environment and 
another button order in another environment. So if the option was more 
prominent, the extra confusion to them would outweigh the extra 
usefulness to you. That's an unfortunate equation, but it exists.

So if you want to help Gnome, and also make it tolerable for your own 
use, it would be great if you could develop (or pay or otherwise 
persuade someone else to develop) a separate installable utility for 
quicker configuration of options like that. It's something Gnome 
contributors have often talked about in the past, but as far as I know 
nobody has done it.

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