Comment 4 for bug 535322

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Colin D Bennett (colinb) wrote :

@Mantas Kriaučiūnas:
Thank you for the tool! I will probably modify it for my own use and my friends and family's use in Lucid. (I will make the close button always be in the corner.)

Dear Ubuntu: you really should include something like this in the Lucid Lynx release! However, I would be a little happier if you would at least put the Close button in the corner.

The close button is the most important of the three window bar buttons (minimize, maximize, and close).

When the buttons are one the left, I very strongly feel that the Close button should be on the left, closest to the corner. It should not be the third button from the edge, since it is the most important button and being in the corner makes it easier and quicker to click on.

If you disagree that it's the most important button, consider this: You can always resize the window by grabbing the edges to make it big enough or even fill the screen instead of maximizing it, or you can move it out of the way to access other windows instead of minimizing it. Also, you may not minimize or maximize every window you open, but you will eventually have to close each window; although some windows may be closed in other ways, often it is very inconvenient to choose File | Close such as you would have to do for a Nautilus folder window.