Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird oddity

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Monday 30 September 2024 11:00:09 BST Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 03:20:06PM +0100 schrieb Peter Humphrey:
> > On Sunday 29 September 2024 13:03:04 BST Michael wrote:
> > > On Sunday 29 September 2024 12:11:13 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 29 September 2024 10:08:36 BST Wols Lists wrote:
> > > > > It's actually been like this a while - but my Thunderbird has lost
> > > > > its
> > > > > title bar. The top bars are the search bar, with the menu bar
> > > > > underneath
> > > > > it. So I have an "X" to close thunderbird with on the search bar,
> > > > > but
> > > > > that's it. The "v" and "^" to maximise and minimise aren't there
> > > > > because
> > > > > the bar they live on isn't there.
> > > > > 
> > > > > How do I get my bar back? -)
> > > > 
> > > > Firefox has been like that here for some months now. Either ALT-F3 and
> > > > move
> > > > it, if that's what you want, or CRTL-Q and restart it somewhere else.
> > > 
> > > If you right click twice near the top edge of the window, then the
> > > Plasma
> > > window menu show up.  From there you can select to minimise/maximise.
> > 
> > Yes, but why has FF shrugged off the standard presentation of a program
> > window? And why is it allowed to get away with it?
> 
> It’s been doing this for very many a year in Windows already (I think Chrome
> started that trend), and also in Gnome everything “has to be”™ a unified
> window titlebar now.

A main reason for avoiding Gnome: its adoption of the Windows attitude - we 
know what you need better than you do - go and sit quietly in the corner.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.