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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-06-19 13:59, Israel skrev:
> On 06/18/2014 11:30 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> 2014-06-19 01:18, Israel skrev:
>>> On 06/18/2014 10:54 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> ...
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> I don't think people need extremely wide window borders. 28 px should be
>> enough. But I do think the border should have a very different colour,
>> so that an editing window or terminal window can be seen as separate
>> from an adjacent window or partly overlapping window.
>>
>> I am not so sure about the title bar, but probably your limit is OK.
>> What is your reason to limit the window border and title bar? Saving
>> memory or some other reason?
>>
>> Great to get help from Sam Hewitt :-)
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> Hi, Nio!
> 
> The reason to limit is is that I am using a slider widget to change the
> size.  It makes it make more sense when using it if it isn't 128pixels
> wide and you want to have it 4 pixels wide.  You have a huge slider that
> should only move a tiny amount.  And I think a slider is much nicer than
> entering text....  I suppose I could use a different widget.  I just
> think it looks nicer as a slider, and is easy to use.  I can always
> easily change it down the line if users complain that they want 128px
> wide window borders.
> This might become a problem using ToriOS on a really nice HPDI
> monitor... though that is not what ToriOS is being built for.
> 
> I want to take into account the casual average users.  The people that
> just want to use a computer, and maybe make the colors a little
> different, or make the text larger, or the window border a bit larger.
> 
> I think adding in an 'advanced' feature could let the 'power' users
> tweak the settings in a way that could make their WM messed up... I
> don't want to prevent FULL customization, or prevent casual users from
> having an intuitive interface.
> 
> 

Hi Israel,

I see, and I think you can go ahead and limit the borders and title bars.

Best regards
Nio