Comment 19 for bug 873541

I just had to say that I agree the current design looks a bit strange. However one thing I do like is being able to throw the mouse up in the corner to hit the close button on maximized apps. If that was changed I think you'd hear about it from alot of users. I still think the design in Natty was the best looking though, with the BFB on the panel and the window buttons always visible but at the cost of this functionality. Ultimately though I'd like to see window buttons and frames eliminated completely and all tasks related to windows done via window previews or "popups" that are revealed by hovering the mouse over the icon in the launcher similar to dockbarx. Call me crazy but it just might work.

As far as the dash goes I'm always asking myself why it has window buttons to begin with? The Dash is not really a window but an "overlay" anyway, you cant drag it around, it is fused to the panel and launcher, it doesn't have an unfocused state because its always on top, it doesn't have any global menu entries or even a title in the panel. So basically its the farthest thing away from a window in the whole system and yet it has window buttons and one of them doesn't even do anything! What was wrong with the little resize icon that used to be in the corner? It worked perfect and looked nice.