Article in German c't magazine that mentions the thin window resizing border

Matthew Brush mbrush at codebrainz.ca
Sun Oct 30 08:58:58 CET 2016


On 2016-10-29 11:57 PM, R. Diez wrote:
> Hi all:
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> There is an article about Xfce in the (quite popular) German c't magazine, issue 23, dated 29 october 2016.
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> The article targets the general user and Xfce is praised as a worthy alternative. The one thing that caught my attention is that they mention how difficult it is to resize windows due to the very thin window borders that some (default/most?) themes have.
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> This is an issue that also bugs myself since the very first time I logged into Xubuntu. The article does mention the alt+right mouse combination, but my muscle memory from other environments keeps tripping me up. Sometimes I forget about that combination in Xfce, and sometimes I try it on other systems that do not support it. I wonder if some CAD programs also want to use all such mouse key combinations for other purposes.
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> Before switching to Xfce, I remember thinking that this little detail is probably a symptom of bigger issues with Xfce. I still use Xfce, but I am afraid that much of that premonition has proved true.
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Hi,

Use a better window manager theme.

Regards,
Matthew Brush




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