Re: Window controls for GNOME 3



Le mercredi 02 mars 2011 à 10:15 -0800, Adam Williamson a écrit :
> Oh god, no.
> 
> How does a text editor 'know' how big a window 'needs' to be to
> display
> a 500 page document (or a 10,000 line source code file)? It can't fit
> on
> one screen. I like to have it in a full-screen window at 1680x1050. I
> know people who think I'm insane and think you should never display
> text
> more than 80 characters wide as it's 'unreadable'. Am I right? Are
> they
> right? Which of us would you like this new intelligent window manager
> to
> piss off?
> 
> That's just the first case that springs to mind. Terminals, as Thomas
> points out, are another good one. Browsers; again, it comes down to
> text
> flow. I like a full-screen browser window, lots of people think this
> makes lines of text way too wide. Neither of us is correct or
> incorrect. 

(sorry if I feed the troll...)

If the window size can be adapted to its content, it should be smart. If
the window adapted is > than the available size on the display, it will
adapt itself to the available size. 

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