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The gnome window title bars are obnoxiously thick and useless by default tho. I've found that Unity or even just Windows like styling in Gnome is a lot more res

The gnome window title bars are obnoxiously thick and useless by default tho. I've found that Unity or even just Windows like styling in Gnome is a lot more respectful to your screen real estate.

user2722 8mo ago
It definitely needs improvement but for touchscreens it is good.
- tremon 8mo ago
  Luckily, 95% of Linux devices actually have touchscreens. The sad bit is where you realize that GNOME is typically only found on the other 5%.
  - user2722 8mo ago
    I always buy 2-in-1. I run both Gnome and Android [Waydroid] when in tablet mode.
prmoustache 8mo ago
That is a tradeoff that makes it nice when you have a convertible laptop. I wish it was simply configurable from the settings dialogs.
- vladvasiliu 8mo ago
  Could it switch? I think windows has a “tablet mode” which activates when you “convert” your laptop. Not sure how well it works in practice, though.
  - prmoustache 8mo ago
    I honestly don't know if there is a standardized way to pass the information or if it depends on the brand. I remember in the earlier version of gnome I had on my lenovo yoga the visual keyboard would popup on most text box but not on firefox which obliged me tolo use Gnome Web / epiphany when in tablet mode but they sorted it out later. I think there wasn't a tablet mode per se but I had used gnome tweak or an extension to have the accesibility options easy to access and enable the visual keyboard but it may have been mpre automatic later. I am saying all this out of memory because that computer died 2 years ago and I didn't use the tablet mode enough to replace it with similar one.
    - vladvasiliu 8mo ago
      Is firefox actually fully integrated with gnome/gtk, or does it rely on some form of adaptor? I've recently installed kde on one of my laptops (I usually use i3) and firefox is pretty wonky there. For example, with the OOB configuration, if I double click the top border of a window, it will maximize vertically. Firefox seems to ignore that. It does fully maximize if I double click the title bar, though.
      - ahartmetz 8mo ago
        Right and middle clicking the maximize button maximize horizontally and vertically with KWin and that does work with Firefox. Hard to say which part is to blame with i3 + Firefox. But it's not that Firefix needs Gnome.
1718627440 8mo ago
I like the Gnome 2 title bars (Mate). Gnome wasn't always that bad.
philipallstar 8mo ago
Yes, Gnome looks very odd because of that.

The gnome window title bars are obnoxiously thick and useless by default tho. I've found that Unity or even just Windows like styling in Gnome is a lot more respectful to your screen real estate.

user2722 8mo ago

It definitely needs improvement but for touchscreens it is good.

tremon 8mo ago
Luckily, 95% of Linux devices actually have touchscreens. The sad bit is where you realize that GNOME is typically only found on the other 5%.
- user2722 8mo ago
  I always buy 2-in-1. I run both Gnome and Android [Waydroid] when in tablet mode.

prmoustache 8mo ago

That is a tradeoff that makes it nice when you have a convertible laptop. I wish it was simply configurable from the settings dialogs.

vladvasiliu 8mo ago
Could it switch? I think windows has a “tablet mode” which activates when you “convert” your laptop. Not sure how well it works in practice, though.
- prmoustache 8mo ago
  I honestly don't know if there is a standardized way to pass the information or if it depends on the brand. I remember in the earlier version of gnome I had on my lenovo yoga the visual keyboard would popup on most text box but not on firefox which obliged me tolo use Gnome Web / epiphany when in tablet mode but they sorted it out later. I think there wasn't a tablet mode per se but I had used gnome tweak or an extension to have the accesibility options easy to access and enable the visual keyboard but it may have been mpre automatic later. I am saying all this out of memory because that computer died 2 years ago and I didn't use the tablet mode enough to replace it with similar one.
  - vladvasiliu 8mo ago
    Is firefox actually fully integrated with gnome/gtk, or does it rely on some form of adaptor? I've recently installed kde on one of my laptops (I usually use i3) and firefox is pretty wonky there. For example, with the OOB configuration, if I double click the top border of a window, it will maximize vertically. Firefox seems to ignore that. It does fully maximize if I double click the title bar, though.
    - ahartmetz 8mo ago
      Right and middle clicking the maximize button maximize horizontally and vertically with KWin and that does work with Firefox. Hard to say which part is to blame with i3 + Firefox. But it's not that Firefix needs Gnome.

1718627440 8mo ago

I like the Gnome 2 title bars (Mate). Gnome wasn't always that bad.

philipallstar 8mo ago

Yes, Gnome looks very odd because of that.