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Why was the close button moved to the left side in Ubuntu?

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Mar 15, 20266951 views
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I was using Ubuntu 9. After automatically updating it to 10, the minimize, maximize and close buttons that used to be on top right were moved to the top left. Among the three buttons, close was moved to the far left. Close is below Applications and above File. You have to look to the close button t…

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Mark Shuttleworth explains the reasoning behind this change on his blog. The Ubuntu team wanted to gut the notification area (a.k.a. system tray) and add notification indicator menus instead. They also added window indicators which function similarl…

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