On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 3:44 AM, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 19:03 -0400, Victor wrote: > >> If I remember correctly, OS X >> also uses unified menu/titlebar, how do they manage the movement of >> windows? > > Seems you can drag from the titlebar and any empty space of the menubar. > I have said before that this should be a requirement for the unified > look, independent of how Apple does it. > > http://www.xvsxp.com/interface/moveresize.php > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > This is a point my dad brought up when he was using Ubuntu (I had given him a Mac-like theme). He said he wasn't sure where to grab the window to move it. With alt click being able to move windows so readily, is this even all that important? Once I showed it to him he didn't seem to mind the titlebar being part of the window nearly as much. Frankly I find any operating system that doesn't support alt+click moving windows (and alt+middleclick resizing) to be extremely annoying.
With regards to the original point one... do the inactive window frames have to be transparent? I know they don't in Emerald, but does Metacity force it? If it doesn't, I think we should just leave it off. Being able to alt+scroll to change window transparency is far more useful than transparent window titles. Transparent window decorations doesn't really add anything to the usefulness of the theme, and unless done well probably shouldn't be done at all. Just my two cents. -- David Mikucki -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
