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So, why should GNOME support server side decorations? (blister.zip)
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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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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Am I the only one who drags windows by holding Super or nah?

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I sometimes do that too, but as it's not a thing on Windows (which I'm forced to use at work), it's not my default habit.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    I just tried that now (didn't know it was a thing) and it's not a very satisfactory solution if I'm moving monitors. When I get it to where I want, I can't just double-click to max it again like I can dragging the title bar. Can't say I'll use that.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    🤷‍♂️ I used it all the time back around twenty years ago when I still was using a stacking window manager with floating windows. It's all about practice I guess. For me it felt natural initially though.

    Also holding down Super and dragging with right mouse button to resize is great.

    The entire window is a much bigger click target than the title bar or the window borders (actually each quadrant would be the click target for resizing, but still a lot bigger). Fitts's Law in action.

    I don't use it much now that I moved to tiling window manager many years ago, and now a scrolling window manager, because those are mostly controlled with use of keyboard shortcuts. But sometimes I still use this even now. 👍

    I guess you could move it to another monitor then hit Super + Up to maximize, or a similar shortcut, if your window manager is a capable one. 😅

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Closest I've come to any of that black magic hotkey fuckery is I've learned to hold shift when I drag to get it to snap to my tiling setup in KDE. Oh and Alt-tab for window switching and Meta-Tab for Activities.

    I'm pretty much ready for Sway as you can tell.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    that black magic hotkey fuckery

    😂 I take it you aren't used to working with computers much except maybe for gaming? Or what kind of computer background do you have, if you'd like to share? 🙂

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