Comment 7 for bug 532271

@Dmitruy

  * It is certainly not part of the the themable properties. GConf is for configuration, not theme.
  * Just because you can change defaults, doesn't mean you should.
  * It will be inconsistent with gnome on other systems, including all previous ubuntu releases.

But please, google for muscle memory and see why this is a really really bad decession.

The task of maximizing/close/minize is such a repeated task that for most users it's a a habit and subconscious. Often users won't even notice that the visual hint (icon) has changed and have a habit of clicking 'leftmost/middle/rightmost'. This is also often refered to as muscle memory - ie your hand remembers where the actions are because you don't consciously think about it.

You don't change button orders or locations unless there is a very very very good reason, and frankly 'because the mockup said so' is not a good reason. Please, I'm not pulling this out of my ass ;).

Also, if the change is because the rounded corners aren't possible in dialogs, because minimize button isn't shown, then patch metacity to allow such a theme.