Re: GNOME Client-Side Decorations (CSD) discussion
Posted: 2018-02-03 11:02
I don't like CSD, and I will probably never like it. Window titlebars are there to contain window controls, and those window controls should be consistent across all applications.
Leaving it up to individual app devs to decide what goes there just makes a mess.
The "only contains a window title and a close button" argument is rubbish too. My titlebars contain 7 buttons, all of which I use frequently, and take up minimal screen space.
CSM would also break features that are actually useful like window tabbing (kwin coolness), for no benefit whatsoever. Thank Dog it's only gnome that insists on this crazy behaviour.
This whole "convergence" thing is pretty silly IMO. If you want a touch UI, build a touch UI instead of degrading an existing mouse & keyboard setup. If you want Windoze, use Windoze.
I really can't stand GNOME any more, and this ongoing "change all the UI, make it more touchy, hide all the buttons" stupidity is one of the reasons for that.
Leaving it up to individual app devs to decide what goes there just makes a mess.
The "only contains a window title and a close button" argument is rubbish too. My titlebars contain 7 buttons, all of which I use frequently, and take up minimal screen space.
CSM would also break features that are actually useful like window tabbing (kwin coolness), for no benefit whatsoever. Thank Dog it's only gnome that insists on this crazy behaviour.
This whole "convergence" thing is pretty silly IMO. If you want a touch UI, build a touch UI instead of degrading an existing mouse & keyboard setup. If you want Windoze, use Windoze.
I really can't stand GNOME any more, and this ongoing "change all the UI, make it more touchy, hide all the buttons" stupidity is one of the reasons for that.