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HedgeMagePing, anybody with a free moment to help me test gobby.00:42
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mgariepymorning everyone14:05
highvoltagemorning mgariepy!15:09
mgariepywho you doing highvoltage ?15:13
highvoltageno one unfortunately :/15:14
highvoltagemgariepy: heh no it's going good. planning my day (even though it's already past 5pm)15:15
mgariepyplanning your friday evening ?15:16
mgariepywhen do you expect to be over here ?15:19
highvoltagemgariepy: I'm waiting for my passport back with the visa in. the embassy doesn't provide any feedback so I have no idea yet whether it's approved yet or not15:22
highvoltagemgariepy: they've had all the information they need for a while now, I hoped that I would get it in the post this week but it didn't come15:22
mgariepyok15:23
highvoltagemgariepy: it's a bit discouraging, hopefully it's in the post next week now15:23
mgariepyi hope so.15:23
highvoltageonce I have it I'll just need a few days to tie some loose ends and then I'll come over15:23
joerghi20:24
Lnsplease, oh please, let's not let this happen in the final release... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/53263321:31
ubottuUbuntu bug 532633 in metacity "[light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize,maximize,close"" [Undecided,Confirmed]21:31
alkisgIt actually makes more sense when they're on the left21:33
Lnshow, when they've been on the right since....?? forever?21:34
stgraberminimize the mouse traveling distance quite a lot21:34
alkisgI do prefer them on the right. But, if they're to be on the left, the new order of the buttons makes more sense21:35
Lnsstgraber: how do you figure?21:39
* inetpro moved minimize, maximize and exit buttons on kubuntu to the left and actually like it21:47
LnsI would hate to be the one to tell my users "Oh, you'll like it this way" when most of them are using Windows at home and have to go back and forth21:50
Lnsnot to use windows as an excuse..it's just "known" that the right is where its always been21:50
* inetpro agrees with stgraber, my general experience is that my mouse is usually closer to the left than to the right21:51
inetproLns: the only constant thing in life is change. Get over it.21:51
Lnsinetpro: I guess so...which means i'll be "changing" from having a contract with a school district to "not" having one =p21:52
inetproI've had my buttons switched like this for only one day and expect to keep them like this21:52
LnsFor us it's an easy thing to get used to..for teachers, ....that is a much different story21:53
Lnsas ironic as it is, teachers are the least likely to want to learn something new.21:53
inetproLns: heh, tell me about it21:53
LnsAnd how bout this - inconsistency with apps that don't use wm widgets21:54
Lnsinconsistency with every other wm/de in linux21:54
inetprothe sad part is that they are the ones who think they know it all21:54
Lnswell of course =)21:55
LnsI dunno, i'm probably making a bigger deal out of it than it is, but...jeez i'm gonna make sure that gconf key is set before anyone sees it =p21:55
inetproLns: I think it's worth a try to put the buttons on the left, it's not difficult to adapt to that21:56
inetpropeople are making way to much of this issue21:56
Lnsinetpro: I agree, I will probably keep it on the left for myself..i'm just thinking about the support call flood21:56
inetprotrust me, usability guys were involved in the decision21:57
LnsI'd like to at least hear some real answers as to WHY such a drastic change was committed, hours before FF21:57
Lnsby usability guys21:57
inetproLns: is it really so drastic as people say it is?21:57
Lnsand nobody could contest it21:58
Lnsinetpro: look at the bug report.21:58
inetproLns: I've seen it and it's ludicrous21:58
LnsShuttleworth himself is involved in it. that means its a big deal to people21:58
inetpropeople hate change, it's as simple as that21:58
Lnsof course they do21:58
Lnsso why force them to?21:58
inetproshuttleworth was making good points and I agree with him21:58
inetproLns: at some point somebody has to make a decision22:02
inetprothere are many different specialised teams for every small bit of development in the development lifecycle of open source software22:03
inetproand what I have seen is that its open for anybody to take part22:04
inetproteams have regular meetings, and that is where the decisions are made22:05
inetproultimately if users really don't like the change they may very well revert to the original, but I think it's worth a try22:06
Lnsat least i sure hope they make it easy to revert w/o having to use gconf. That's gonna make a bunch of normal users really unhappy toward ubuntu22:07
alkisgIt'll be difficult for courses too22:14
alkisgThere's lot of written books with the buttons on the right... hard to rewrite them22:14
LnsJust seems like such a core thing to change just on the fly like that. Like when supermarkets just all of the sudden change their store layout for no apparent reason23:02

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