On 3 Apr 2007, at 15:42, Hubert Chan wrote:
On 2007-04-03 08:30:41 -0400 Quentin Mathé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- titlebars provide a visual anchor which ease to find window
areas quickly
on screen when many windows are visible or when windows are stacked
vertically or lined horizontally. As Yen-Ju outlined it, it makes
also
easier to know which window is key.
Actually, I wish that non-focused windows would be slightly
transparent, slightly greyed out, or both. It would make it more
obvious which window was focused, instead of just haaving the tiny
sliver of a title bar. Anyways, this is a feature request
regardless of whether we have title bars or not, but with it, you
could tell which window is focused without a title bar.
I agree here. On OS X, I've found recently that I keep typing things
in the wrong window because, without paying attention, I don't have
enough visual clues to see which one is active. The shadow is nice,
if you are looking at the border, and the title bar is okay, if you
are looking at the top of the screen.
Some basic knowledge of the human visual system tells us that the eye
can only see a small amount clearly, and the brain makes up the
rest. On a decent sized screen, the small amount that is in focus
can be smaller than the size of a window, meaning that the shadows
and the titlebar can fall outside the bit your brain can see (as
opposed to make up). If you are expecting the window to have focus,
your brain will fill in the visual clues, even if they are not
there. If the windows are slightly faded / translucent, then you
will be able to tell if a window is active wherever you are looking
in it.
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