Comment 213 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" | #213 |
"The problem with your Forums post is that it says "this is what really
happened" and is, in fact, quite incorrect.
Some members of the design team asked that the window controls be
grouped on the left, and presented the visualisation. So it wasn't that
I "prefer it that way". I didn't like it initially, anticipating that it
would generate a great deal of resistance. However, it does line things
up nicely for work I would like us to do in future."
No, Mark, the real problem is that is what the public perception of what happened is. And that matters as much as, if not more than, what really happened. The first indication we had of any part of the decision-making process was you saying in an IRC chat that you do prefer it that way. You didn't say you were initially opposed to it.
Perhaps instead of focusing on minor factual clarifications, you can focus on the bit about how things could have gone? I fully respect that you're self-appointed benevolent dictator for life. I fully support your prerogative in making decisions without opening it up to a vote. It does behoove you, as a leader of an open source project that touts itself as a community-based distro, to have a certain kind of transparency in your process.
You can even be secretive about it while also being transparent. A simple Wiki entry or Blueprint (or even just a quick email on a mailing list) that goes along these lines "Lucid alpha users will see a small change in the button order with this latest update. I know this will take a little getting used to, but rest assured we on the design team have a good reason for changing it up, and you'll be excited to see what we put on the freed-up right side. We aren't opening this up to a voting process, but if you have legitimate concerns about the move, please let us know, and we will take them into consideration." Would that have been so difficult to do?
"And the major
argument against it appears solely to be "we're used to it here", which
is important, but not overriding.
Mark"
Mark, you're a busy guy, so I know you don't read all forum posts and brainstorms, but maybe you can take a second look at the comments in this very bug report. Comment #71 has quite an extensive list of arguments against the change, and they aren't just "we're used to it here":
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I'm hoping you just skimmed over and missed that and that you aren't being deliberately obtuse. I have a lot of respect for what you've done these past five years with Ubuntu. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt here.