Comments on: Why the buttons were moved in Ubuntu: Windicators http://nathan.chantrell.net/20100503/why-the-buttons-were-moved-in-ubuntu-windicators/ Errors and omissions expected. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jenningsthecathttp://nathan.chantrell.net/20100503/why-the-buttons-were-moved-in-ubuntu-windicators/#comment-2794 jenningsthecat Wed, 26 May 2010 21:56:35 +0000 http://nathan.chantrell.net/?p=1498#comment-2794 Why didn't they just put the Windicators on the LEFT side, and leave the window controls on the right, where most of us are used to having them? I'm truly a GUI lover and don't really want to go the command line route, but all the crap and eye-candy being kludged into interfaces to make them more 'featureful' is making it harder and harder to stick with a GUI. And frankly, Ubuntu has more important issues to deal with than 'windicators'. How about a competent file manager? Nautilus is a brain-dead, under-powered relic totally unfit for daily use, and I know that well, because as a Gnome user I swear at Nautilus several times a day. Although Dolphin is excessively prettified in the time-honored KDE love of bling, at least it gets the job done, and I really wish I could fully integrate into Gnome. Nautilus has a LONG way to go to match Dolphin's capabilities, and a file manager is much more mission-critical than windicators will ever be.Basic usability issues need to be addressed fully before adding fluffy features. Ubuntu is becoming like those Hollywood film set buildings; it looks good from the front, but from behind it's lacking the things that would make it whole. Come to think of it, Ubuntu is becoming like Windows, except Ubuntu doesn't have a workable file manager. Why didn’t they just put the Windicators on the LEFT side, and leave the window controls on the right, where most of us are used to having them? I’m truly a GUI lover and don’t really want to go the command line route, but all the crap and eye-candy being kludged into interfaces to make them more ‘featureful’ is making it harder and harder to stick with a GUI. And frankly, Ubuntu has more important issues to deal with than ‘windicators’. How about a competent file manager? Nautilus is a brain-dead, under-powered relic totally unfit for daily use, and I know that well, because as a Gnome user I swear at Nautilus several times a day. Although Dolphin is excessively prettified in the time-honored KDE love of bling, at least it gets the job done, and I really wish I could fully integrate into Gnome. Nautilus has a LONG way to go to match Dolphin’s capabilities, and a file manager is much more mission-critical than windicators will ever be.

Basic usability issues need to be addressed fully before adding fluffy features. Ubuntu is becoming like those Hollywood film set buildings; it looks good from the front, but from behind it’s lacking the things that would make it whole. Come to think of it, Ubuntu is becoming like Windows, except Ubuntu doesn’t have a workable file manager.

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