Re: moving windows above the top panel

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 23:24, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote:

> I hope the Gnome HIG at least is updated to include instructions about 
> window sizes for common resolutions. 

The draft version does suggest that the default size of a window should
be "no larger than 480 pixels wide and 640 pixels high" and that "your
application should be usable at 600 by 400 pixels", but that's about it.

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/draft_hig_new/design-window.html#window-layout-spacing

> I have asked this 3-4 times already in 
> the last 2 years. Who is responsible for the HIG here btw? I can't find 
> anyone to send an email directly and have this discussed (the hig mailing 
> list was full of spam the last time I checked).

The HIG mailing list is long dead; please file bugs against the HIG in
bugzilla and/or discuss them either on the usability mailing list or on
#usability.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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