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So, why should GNOME support server side decorations? (blister.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57302675

an article explaining why GNOME should support SSD, but also arguing against the reasons often given for why they shouldn't

If someone could repost this to r/GNOME I would appreciate it, since I don't have a reddit account.

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[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I use KDE. My configuration for the title bar includes a "keep on top" buttons (it's one of my favourite little Linux things, along with middle click paste, which of course GNOME also wants to remove). On the left side near the application icon. CSDs, which I sometimes use (e.g. Firefox) never include this.

I also can't just access the KWin menu by right clicking, as I would on a normal window, I have to right click the icon on the taskbar (I do use the windows grouping in the taskbar, and that means even more clicks) or I need to use Alt+F3. Which is not too hard, but it means needing two hands for something that should need one.

So there are applications that manage to make CSDs so useful that the drawbacks become acceptable, but it's honestly not too often.

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All of these are (or can be made) accessible through shortcuts. I have SSDs off on my machines, they offer literally 0 functionality.

I still use KDE but I don't want more buttons, I want more content. Don't waste 5% of my screen height with basically nothing.

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

And that's absolutely your privilege to do, since you use KDE. Which is the point.

Some things i like to do in "keyboard heavy" mode, and for other things I want to be a one handed mouser.