Comment 383 for bug 532633

::Switching daily between Windows and Ubuntu::

I have tested the left aligned buttons for a week now.

A point to note: I use Ubuntu at home. I must use a Windows computer at work (and in Windows the buttons are still on the right side).

I have not been clicking the wrong thing lately (but did it earlier on).

The main reason for this that is that every time I minimize/maximize/close a window I now have to consciously think and look at the buttons before I click.

Instead of a 0.3 second automatic reflex gesture the operation has become a recurring 2.5 second IQ-test. I pass the test every time now but still my brain must channel off focus at a task that before was automatic.

What is worse is that this also impacts me when using the Windows work computer. The buttons there remain on the right side as always, but I now experience the same pause-and-think effect as I do with the left-side buttons on Ubuntu. I estimate the semi-conscious pause before clicking the correct button is "only" about 1.5 seconds in Windows.

Even though a few seconds here and there is not a big deal there is still a noticeable effect.

If I was using *only Ubuntu* both at *home* and at *work* I suspect I would have no problem adapting to this in a few weeks, and get back to the 0.3 second automatic gesture.

But making the company I work for switch their computer park to Ubuntu is not an option that is on the table.

I doubt I am the only Ubuntu user that is stuck with using a Windows computer at work.

My assessment is:
1) Full time Ubuntu users (that are not regularly using another OS) will fully adapt to the new layout in a matter of weeks.
2) The new layout will be a recurring bump-in-the-road for people who are unable to become full time Ubuntu users (due to work or other factors).

PS:
Apart from the window button placement, the other design changes in Lucid are all pointing in the right direction (no pun intended)