Moving minimize/close buttons to the right side

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Moving minimize/close buttons to the right side

Since I don't have a Mac yet, you can skip the suck-it-up comments I've seen on other posts. I would like to buy a Mac... But I want the three window buttons on the left, moved to the right side, not to just be like MS Windows, but to also be like most of the window managers for X Windows (Linux). You can move MS Windows buttons to the left side, is it really the case that there is no way to move these buttons to the right on a Mac?

BTW, this is a 18 years of doing this on the right, OCD deal breaker for me, when it comes to buying my first Mac. I can deal with the other UI differences.

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 7, 2013 8:29 AM

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Csound1

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May 7, 2013 8:35 AM in response to ProgrammerJosh

It appears that you won't be changing to a Mac then, the buttons don't move.

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May 7, 2013 9:08 AM in response to Csound1

That's hilarious. Not only should Apple OS X (and MS windows) be offering a of variety of predefined (but different) UI layouts (like Linux), Apple should at least allow programming access to this so 3rd parties could implement the change.

On a supporting note, Microsoft is going to be bringing back the option of having the classic shell with Windows 8, something that has been biting them in the *ss, since the release of Windows 8. This is usally because people don't realize that they can just pin their apps to the taskbar and then rarely use the start screen, which is why I didn't mind the change. But some people really want the start button on the taskbar too. I am a computer sales associate, so this isn't just my opinion, it's the opinion of about 20% of the market.

Lookup Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) on wiki, and if you want to eliminate people with it as customers, just ignore my comments. I don't even have it that bad, I don't have to organize every little aspect of my life, like some. But when it comes to changing something I've done the same way for 18 years, it's not going to happen.

Edit: I can even deal with the menu always at the top of the screen, but buttons on the left... That's a deal breaker.

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