Comment 152 for bug 532633
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| aysiu (ubuntubugzilla-psychocats) wrote Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize,maximize,close" | #152 |
"I don't think anyone's purposes are served by approaching this as an 'or' question and dwelling on personal and pseudo-logical reasons for supporting one form or another. Some people like the previous Windows-style setup; others are fond of the left, OSX-like orientation."
Well, as I explained before, the left orientation is not OS X-like. It's not just a simple matter of left and right, not to mention the button order is all messed up.
"As we've seen from the workaround, this issue can be addressed and changed very simply with the modification of a single key. Why not simply make this an option, just a radio button in the course of the setup or even upgrade procedures? The customizability is, itself, a selling point, a point of differentiation for Ubuntu as compared to other OSes."
Ubuntu is supposed to have one application per task and, more importantly, sane defaults. Yes, customizability is part of the appeal of a Linux distro, but the sane defaults should also be a selling point. So, yeah, put the controls back on the right as they were and then have a simple radio button for people who want it on the left to put it on the left.