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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Window decorations
From:       Max Howell <max.howell () methylblue ! com>
Date:       2004-06-13 0:53:11
Message-ID: 200406130153.11461.max.howell () methylblue ! com
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Art Carney wrote:
> KDE and other operating environments like Windows make a mistake in putting
> the Close button right next to the Maximize and Minimize buttons. This
> causes users with poor mouse skills and those with less-accurate pointing
> devices (laptop users) to accidentally close windows.
>
> IMO the new layout should be
>
> [Close]      [Title]           [optionall appicon] [minimize] [maximize]

Funnily enough that's the layout I use. Although I don't have the appicon as 
all that's stuff is available on title-rightclick.

Your layout would be a good default IMO, but I imagine it would be hard to 
push through. It may, as is often the case, be something that comes down to 
the individual or the distribution. The most I can offer you is 
encouragement, and as advice I'd say email the KWin maintainer, Lubos Lunak.

Best of luck,

Max
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Max Howell; Bristol, UK; http://www.methylblue.com/
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