Comments about Linux/Ubuntu from a former MS-programmer

[Eric Dunbar]

On 11/04/06, Alexander Jacob Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 April 2006 01:33, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 01:28 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> > > > I'm sitting here changing windows in both Windows & KDE and I can't see
> > > > what you're saying.  In KDE, maximizing a window doesn't change it in
> > > > any way - except to change the "maximize" button to a "restore" button.
> > > >  You can then drag any edge and it changes the button back to
> > > > "maximize".  In Windows, the edge control disappears, but otherwise the
> > > > controls seem the same. --
> > > > derek
> > >
> > > this problem does nto seem to exist in Gnome either, unless I'm
> > > misunderstanding your meaning.
> >
> > Hmm, my system (latest Dapper updates) does have this behavior (I'm not
> > convinced it's a problem yet - I was always annoyed at MacOS 9's
> > inability to maximize windows other than by dragging to full size).
> >
> > Right now I'm composing this in a maximised Evolution window and I can't
> > grab the top edge to resize it unless I unmaximize the window.
> >
> > Could this be dependent on the theme?  I use "Simple" rather than the
> > default.

> Oh, that's what you meant. i thought you meant the buttons disappearing. In
> Gnome you definitely cannot resize a maximised window without restoring it
> too its original size first.

That's the problem with a "maximised" window -- the mode changes. You
have to "restore" it before you can change the window size.