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liquidmesonhttp://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w%2BYS7FHzX8C 02:14
liquidmesondefine: nunnery, the convent of a community of nuns.04:04
unimatrixhas anyone noticed that the top screen border is unusable since lucid?12:45
kklimondawhy exactly is it unusable?12:46
unimatrixfor example if i want to unmaximize a window12:46
unimatrixif i doubleclick on the window border at the top of the screen12:46
unimatrixthis doesn't work anymore since lucid12:46
unimatrixhow do i reenable this feature?12:47
kklimondano idea, works here - are you sure you are clicking a window border and not a menu? they look the same in lucid and you can drag by holding menu in lucid but you can't maximize/minimize by double clicking it12:48
unimatrixi slam the mouse to the top of the screen12:48
unimatrixand doubleclick12:48
unimatrixin karmic, this unmaximized the window12:49
unimatrixin lucid nothing happens12:49
unimatrixi have to aim for it and lower the cursor for a pixel or two12:49
kklimondano, even if I remove top panel, maximize window, move mouse to the top and double click it works - maybe it depends on a theme?12:50
unimatrixi'm using dust sand12:50
unimatrixoh yea i forgot to mention that i'm not using the top panel12:50
kklimondahmm, it works fine here with dust sand too.12:51
unimatrixi've tried other themes now12:51
unimatrixnone of them work12:51
unimatrixah snap, now the damn buttons have moved to the left side again :S12:52
unimatrixhow do i permanently set them to stay on the right side?12:52
unimatrixanyone?12:54
kklimondadunno if you can, theme seems to be overriding gconf settings12:55
unimatrixwhat kind of an idiot thought they would be better to the left anyone12:55
unimatrixanyway*12:55
unimatrixwhat could be causing this top border to be ignored?13:11
unimatrixcompiz?13:11
kklimondapossibly, try with metacity13:14
unimatrixit's fine with metacity13:14
unimatrixhmm, ive found out something even stranger14:12
unimatrixif i printscreen while my cursor is in the upper screen corner, it will not be visible on the screenshot14:12
unimatrixvideo driver bug?14:13
hyperairhey i made an interesting discovery! if my cursor is in the upper right screen corner, i can't see it!14:13
hyperairit must be a bug!14:14
unimatrixshit i didn't mean "corner"14:14
unimatrixshould've written "edge"14:14
* hyperair chuckles14:14
unimatrixand it is clearly a bug14:14
hyperairmy cursor's visible14:15
hyperairusing scrot, at least.14:15
unimatrixlet's try scrot14:15
hyperairhmm with gnome-screenshot it's also visible.14:16
unimatrixare you using compiz?14:16
hyperairyeah, i am14:16
unimatrixhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/121855/2010-05-07-151616_1920x1200_scrot.png14:16
unimatrixthere we go, no cursor14:16
unimatrixi had it at the top screen edge14:17
unimatrixhmm, scrot doesn't capture it at all14:18
unimatrixok i've narrowed down my initial problem to compiz-decorator14:27
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mikelifeguardno mpt :(17:13
mikelifeguard11 minutes ago :O17:15
mikelifeguardhe must have known I was gonna bonk his noggin >_>17:15
jcastrohyperair: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu 17:58
hyperairjcastro: yeah i saw that.17:58
hyperairjcastro: what do you think about it?17:58
jcastrodunno until I use it17:59
hyperairheh17:59
hyperairtrue that17:59
jcastroI am finding that I prefer the old volume slider to the new one17:59
hyperairhow was the old one like?17:59
hyperairi don't remember, i hardly ever opened it17:59
jcastrovertical17:59
hyperairi just scrolled 17:59
hyperairi'm finding i can live with banshee's appindicator, as long as i have music-applet around18:00
mikelifeguardanyone else mindboggled by removing the standard show/hide action for left-clicking some app icon in the notification area? Apparently this is a feature18:02
hyperairi'm not mindboggled.18:03
mikelifeguardjust like putting the notify-osd bubbles over top of what the user is reading is a Feature(TM)18:03
hyperairer18:03
hyperairwhat?18:03
hyperairsince when?18:03
mikelifeguardsince Karmic18:04
hyperairnotify-osd ends up in a corner18:04
mikelifeguardno it doesn't18:04
hyperairyes it does18:04
mikelifeguardAt least someone fixed it for us in a PPA :)18:04
hyperairit's in the corner18:04
hyperairhow can it block what you're reading?18:04
* hyperair pokes mikelifeguard 18:05
mikelifeguardno, it is about 3cm from the corner, placing it directly over top of, for example, text on a webpage18:05
hyperair3cm from the corner, fine, yes.18:06
hyperairbut don't you usually have toolbars at the top of your windows?18:06
hyperairand honestly, if you have a website that stuffs everything at the top right corner, it's a retarded website that isn't worth visiting.18:06
mikelifeguardUsually. But it is below that too.18:06
hyperairmikelifeguard: and i suppose you visit lots of websites that stuff their content in the top right corner?18:07
mikelifeguardAnyways, like I said, someone fixed that bug for us. But it is comparable to removing standard behaviour for application icons in the notification area.18:07
hyperairi'm using chromium and the notification blocks what, 3mm of content?18:07
jcastrobut if you move it won't there be text on whatever corner you put it on?18:07
hyperairmikelifeguard: i'm just trying to understand why you are so bothered by the notifications appearing one position lower.18:08
mikelifeguardYes, the point is to minimize how much of what the user is interacting with you have to cover. This was done properly in Intrepid, and is done properly in other OSs.18:09
hyperairi forget, did intrepid have notify-osd at all?18:09
jcastroJ was the first one iirc18:09
mikelifeguardI think that was the first one18:09
hyperairno, jaunty was the first.18:09
hyperairrmadison said so18:09
mikelifeguardah, then it was done properly in Jaunty18:10
hyperairif you had notify-osd in intrepid, that was because you probably used my PPA.18:10
hyperairall they did was switch the positions of the synchronous and non-synchronous notifications, afaik18:10
hyperairi think firefox had its search box always blocked by notify-osd18:11
hyperairso they shifted it down18:11
hyperairbut back on topic, the ability to open applications with one click was nice.18:12
hyperairand banshee's tooltips was an important functionality of the icon.18:13
hyperairi use music-applet to compensate for its loss18:14
hyperairwhich basically means i now have one extra applet in my panel, wasting more space and adding clutter.18:14
hyperairwhee.18:14
mikelifeguardLike I said, the goal should be to minimize how much of what the user is *interacting with* you have to cover. Unless the user is interacting with that search box, it is irrelevant.18:14
hyperairi think it's virtually impossible to figure out what the user is currently interacting with.18:15
hyperairyou apparently have website content within the first 3mm of the top of the page which always gets blocked by notify-osd18:15
hyperairbut is your mouse or keyboard focus within that 3mm?18:16
hyperairi doubti t18:16
hyperairshort of using a webcam to track your eyes, it's impossible to figure out what you're doing with that 3mm18:16
hyperairor if you are actually doing anything with that 3mm18:16
hyperairbesides, i think 3mm is already quite minimal, but apparently it's not enough for you18:17
mikelifeguardDoes Canonical do usability research?18:30
kklimondathey do18:31
mikelifeguardIs there any data available from that research? For example, the MediaWiki Usability team has published lots of data at http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability,_Experience,_and_Progress_Study (etc)18:32
kklimondano that i know of but Shuttleworth was hinting that those interested should get in touch with someone from dx team to get this data available. you can check his q+a session from the last open week for a full answer (which may or may not be longer than one sentence)18:36
mikelifeguardk, thanks18:39
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hyperairkklimonda: i'll be interested to see that researdch18:45
hyperairthe results of the research, i mean18:45
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mikelifeguardkklimonda: Where would one find that Q&A you talked about?19:40
kklimonda!openweek19:41
ubot4Ubuntu is hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to join the Ubuntu community, which all takes place in a week. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek for schedules, logs, and instructions.19:41
kklimondamikelifeguard: ^ there you will find a link to logs19:42
mikelifeguardcool, thanks19:42
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