Is is not possible to have a wider window border appear when your mouse hovers near the edge of the window or would this not be possible with current GTK/Meatacity themes?
solar.george On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:36:44 -0700 Sumit Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, this is somewhat true, but wouldn't at least the titlebar edges > remain grab-able? It also begs a question I personally have been > wondering for some time: is it possible to force GNOME to draw a > resizer in the corner on all windows, including those lacking a > status- bar? > -Sumit > > > On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Cory K. wrote: > > > Sumit Agarwal wrote: > >> I fully agree. I like the OS X border-less style, but of course > >> that necessitates a compositing engine + drop shadows. > >> > >> I think a very minimal window border would go a long way to > >> professionalizing and de-cartooning the GNOME desktop. As I see > >> it right > >> now, the wide borders reflect the very annoying hard-outlined GNOME > >> style icons. This is a trend that seems to be self-perpetuating > >> for no > >> good reason (look at the icon sheets for Firefox 3. See the Linux > >> set? > >> Why are we making new icons that look like they're stuck in 1998?). > >> > >> -Sumit > > > > Issue with this is you lose the ability to resize the windows > > properly. > > A less than 3px border is very hard to grab and 0px means only being > > able to grab the corners. > > > > -Cory K. > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
