I think even most of the people who did put them back on the right are probably using them on the left now.
At the time it did seem a bit arbitrary and I thought it was an attempt to be more 'mac like'.
However looking at it along side Unity and the rest of the UI changes it made perfect sense to move the buttons their.
Personally I had no problems adapting to the buttons being on the left, it seemed to be more of an issue to change it from the defaults than to just get used to it.
I also like the idea of Mir provided they keep it compatible with Wayland. Having Android support for native Linux apps would be great.
About my only issue with Unity right now is the 'disappearing' menu. Not having it visible things visible can make you forget it exits, you do need that visual reminder. My mum keeps asking me things like how to print, the only thing I have to do is tell her to move the mouse to the top of the screen then she can figure it out. The apps draw is a bit of a pain to navigate. I think something the UI people have forgotten is that you need to be able to 'discover' these features (or the apps) and be reminded that they exist. If I browse a menu, then I will see all the apps I have installed or all the options I can choose.
In any case I'm using Awesome now. The desktop environment is mattering less and less. Almost everything is either in a terminal or web browser.
At the time it did seem a bit arbitrary and I thought it was an attempt to be more 'mac like'.
However looking at it along side Unity and the rest of the UI changes it made perfect sense to move the buttons their.
Personally I had no problems adapting to the buttons being on the left, it seemed to be more of an issue to change it from the defaults than to just get used to it.
I also like the idea of Mir provided they keep it compatible with Wayland. Having Android support for native Linux apps would be great.
About my only issue with Unity right now is the 'disappearing' menu. Not having it visible things visible can make you forget it exits, you do need that visual reminder. My mum keeps asking me things like how to print, the only thing I have to do is tell her to move the mouse to the top of the screen then she can figure it out. The apps draw is a bit of a pain to navigate. I think something the UI people have forgotten is that you need to be able to 'discover' these features (or the apps) and be reminded that they exist. If I browse a menu, then I will see all the apps I have installed or all the options I can choose.
In any case I'm using Awesome now. The desktop environment is mattering less and less. Almost everything is either in a terminal or web browser.