Re: [Ayatana] Songbird's creative use of client-side decorations

[Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, June 28, 2010 10:35:29 pm Ryan Prior wrote:
> I just tried out Songbird's latest nightly build for Ubuntu
> (http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Nightly_Builds)
> The UI is very slick, and one vertical-space-saving trick they've
> implemented in a visually appealing way is to put the full menu bar in
> the window decoration.
> There's been lots of discussion about Chrome's use of CSD -- I think
> Songbird does a nice job with it, too, but it would be even better if
> it could respect the host platform's rules about which side the
> buttons should be on, etc.
> 
> Screenshot attached.

I think that makes two of two implementations that nicely illustrate the 
concern that CSD is harmful for workspace consistency.

On that note, it'd nice if gtk would follow the host workspace's rules for 
cancel/close arrangement.

Scott K