Comments on: Window Button Order http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/ by Rainer "physos" Endres Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Omar http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/#comment-98 Omar Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:38:21 +0000 http://physos.org/?p=76#comment-98 <p>About button order, i have especially created a thread about disposition in general for right-handed.</p> <p>You can find it here: http://amarok.kde.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,57/func,view/id,8029/catid,9/ It's not just focused on amarok but having posted the same notice on kde-forum and having no responses i tried a more dynamiK forum. :) I think, here, with a closer contact with dev i would have a better feedback.</p> <p>Please let me know what d'ya think.</p> <p>best regards</p> About button order, i have especially created a thread about disposition in general for right-handed.

You can find it here: http://amarok.kde.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,57/func,view/id,8029/catid,9/ It’s not just focused on amarok but having posted the same notice on kde-forum and having no responses i tried a more dynamiK forum. :) I think, here, with a closer contact with dev i would have a better feedback.

Please let me know what d’ya think.

best regards

]]> By: physos http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/#comment-97 physos Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:48:01 +0000 http://physos.org/?p=76#comment-97 <p>Troy, the big thing is that "usability" people try to copy Apple on this all the time. I tried Apples button order for some weeks and it felt wrong all the time. Might be different for long year Apple users, but face it, this is not what 95% of the world is using. The rest of the world has close on the right. After having close on the right for 10 years I really wonder why we have to copy Apple on this. When you mirror this setup it is no longer the same for 95% of the computer using world, since for us the most clicked option on a window decoration (and all other destructive operations like Close, Cancel, ... ) is on the right and not the opposite corner of the screen.</p> Troy, the big thing is that “usability” people try to copy Apple on this all the time. I tried Apples button order for some weeks and it felt wrong all the time. Might be different for long year Apple users, but face it, this is not what 95% of the world is using. The rest of the world has close on the right. After having close on the right for 10 years I really wonder why we have to copy Apple on this. When you mirror this setup it is no longer the same for 95% of the computer using world, since for us the most clicked option on a window decoration (and all other destructive operations like Close, Cancel, … ) is on the right and not the opposite corner of the screen.

]]> By: Troy Unrau http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/#comment-96 Troy Unrau Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:43:42 +0000 http://physos.org/?p=76#comment-96 <p>This layout is functionally identical to the old Mac OS pre OSX. Only, it's reversed. Don't see what the big deal is really - I've had the mirror image of this (close on left, others on right) for quite some time. And yes, I do find that having close by itself helps a lot.</p> This layout is functionally identical to the old Mac OS pre OSX. Only, it’s reversed. Don’t see what the big deal is really - I’ve had the mirror image of this (close on left, others on right) for quite some time. And yes, I do find that having close by itself helps a lot.

]]> By: Edulix http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/#comment-95 Edulix Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:31:37 +0000 http://physos.org/?p=76#comment-95 <p>I think that it might suit you, but for KDE as whole, it is easier to use the Suse 10.0 solution: to separate a bit the maximize and close buttons. Becuase most of us are used to have those buttons there, and because it's easier having all buttons <em>relatively</em> close to each other. YMMV =).</p> I think that it might suit you, but for KDE as whole, it is easier to use the Suse 10.0 solution: to separate a bit the maximize and close buttons. Becuase most of us are used to have those buttons there, and because it’s easier having all buttons relatively close to each other. YMMV =).

]]> By: Carl http://physos.org/2005/09/14/window-button-order/#comment-94 Carl Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:37:11 +0000 http://physos.org/?p=76#comment-94 <p>I like it. Looks a lot like WindowMaker's button layout, which has only two buttons -- the close button on the right and a minimize button on the left.</p> I like it. Looks a lot like WindowMaker’s button layout, which has only two buttons — the close button on the right and a minimize button on the left.

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