Re:Gnome 40 – The anti-desktop desktop
by WhyNotHugo on Monday April 19, 2021 @06:58AM
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Even worse, because they’re “decoration”, they’re hidden if the window is fullscreened.
So if I full screen a file picker dialog, the action buttons get hidden too.
What you're describing doesn't match the GNOME HIG. Buttons should actually be on the bottom for dialogs that require you to read through and then make a choice: https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/dialogs.html.en
The buttons should only placed in the headers for other dialogs that require more explicit actions before the dialog can be dismissed, such as the file selection dialog.
Just a note that you can press Super, and drag a window from anywhere.
Re:Gnome 40 – The anti-desktop desktop
by squarefoot on Monday April 19, 2021 @10:11AM
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I know that, the problem is having to move the attention back to the upper part of the window after having read its contents: it's counter intuitive as I have to move my eyes up to down to read, then up again to take an action.
You think title bars waste too much space? Well sometimes I do too, but placing controls on them is a solution that creates new problems; just make them thinner, but please stop breaking decades of functional UI design with this nonsense.