[ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

[George Brooke]

Is is not possible to have a wider window border appear when your mouse
hovers near the edge of the window or would this not be possible with
current GTK/Meatacity themes?

solar.george

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:36:44 -0700
Sumit Agarwal <sumit.chandra.agarwal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, this is somewhat true, but wouldn't at least the titlebar edges  
> remain grab-able? It also begs a question I personally have been  
> wondering for some time: is it possible to force GNOME to draw a  
> resizer in the corner on all windows, including those lacking a
> status- bar?
> -Sumit
> 
> 
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Cory K. wrote:
> 
> > Sumit Agarwal wrote:
> >> I fully agree. I like the OS X border-less style, but of course
> >> that necessitates a compositing engine + drop shadows.
> >>
> >> I think a very minimal window border would go a long way to
> >> professionalizing and de-cartooning the GNOME desktop. As I see
> >> it right
> >> now, the wide borders reflect the very annoying hard-outlined GNOME
> >> style icons. This is a trend that seems to be self-perpetuating
> >> for no
> >> good reason (look at the icon sheets for Firefox 3. See the Linux  
> >> set?
> >> Why are we making new icons that look like they're stuck in 1998?).
> >>
> >> -Sumit
> >
> > Issue with this is you lose the ability to resize the windows  
> > properly.
> > A less than 3px border is very hard to grab and 0px means only being
> > able to grab the corners.
> >
> > -Cory K.
> >
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