Comment 8 for bug 592787

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Mark Shuttleworth
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>
> I think we need:
>
>  - some sort of edge between the button and the rest of the panel (this
> was in early mockups)
>  - perhaps a mouseover highlight
>  - a "clicked" state, for when it's depressed
>
> We definitely don't want a glow all the time, we'll use a blue glow for
> the "some app is calling for attention" state, remember.
>
> Mark
>
> --
> Add some sort of hint that the Ubuntu circle is click-able
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592787
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IIRC from your blog post Mark, there was a plan to move the
close,minimize and maximize buttons to the panel so there is extra
vertical space by losing the window border. If that is correct then
the layout is Circle of friend, window buttons, menu, indicators.

The separation then would be easiest by simply using the existing
background of window buttons. I'm talking about the
depressed/carved-out part in which the current buttons sit.

If you do follow this plan I would suggest making circle of friends
bigger. It would protrude out of the panel and into the launcher.
Similar to Windows Vista's start button. That way it would be more
obvious that it is supposed to be clicked (especially if you do the
glow-based-on-mouse-proximity thing) and it would minimize the chance
of user clicking on the close button since the circle of friend would
be a bigger target to hit. The negative effect is that it's then
eating into the launcher but shouldn't be a problem considering the
stacking of icon in the launcher.