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So, why should GNOME support server side decorations? (blister.zip)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57302675

an article explaining why GNOME should support SSD, but also arguing against the reasons often given for why they shouldn't

If someone could repost this to r/GNOME I would appreciate it, since I don't have a reddit account.

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[–] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

of being a gigantic waste of pixel

On todays resolutions?!

And with SSD, I say how it has to look/behave, while with CSS it's the dev. Same problem like with web devs doing html font-size: 60%: it ignores my preferences.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Wasting thousands of pixels doesn't become okay just because you have millions. That space could be used for something useful like a search bar, instead of just the app name and three icons that are just keyboard shortcuts anyway.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Look, there are plenty of minimal no-space-wasting titlebars delivered with every distro and you can install additional ones or even create your own. And (likely) every WM has settings what to display where or at all. You can have your hated titlebar away with a few clicks.

    However, with CSD, the app dev says it looks like this and you as a user can do nothing about it except patching and compiling the source.

    One is do whatever and the other is i choose for you (which is exactly in line with Gnome thinking btw).

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