Re: Bottom titlebar

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 23:53 -0400, Donny Viszneki wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com> wrote:
> >   or: remove all decoration from the window (not nice for your users) and
> >        draw/manage the titlebar yourself.
> 
> If implementing an application who's emphasis is on user interface
> details (like yakuake) it isn't really "not nice" in any way that I
> can see.

yakuake is a terminal emulator. it has no more right to dispense with
the normal window decorations than any other application.

>  But if you're implementing anything else, it's probably good
> advice not to throw out the window decorations your users have chosen
> for themselves and are used to.

maybe i should have used stronger language. when i said "not nice" i
really meant "if you do this, the curse of the underworld will be upon
you, your children, their children and so forth for 772 generations".