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Where should they be, and why?

• xdennis 3y ago
  On the right, because that's where most people are accustomed to find them. But they weirdest thing is that the buttons are colored instead of having meaningful icons.
  • thebitstick 3y ago
    Unless you're accustomed to them being on the left, in which being on the right is the weird thing. Red means stop, yellow means slow/yield, green means go, which in the context of window management doesn't make sense, but if you think about it differently, a good 40% of it makes sense. Red means stop existing, yellow means yield to other windows, and green means... go big?
  • pinkcan 3y ago
    you're right colors may be confusing if the user is color blind, I guess that's why the close is always the one on the left, the minimize is always the one on the middle, and the expand + extras is always the one on the right, so user can find what they want where their more accustomed to