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Re: Window button arrangement wastes space
by Stephen on Tuesday 11/Dec/2007, @19:08

I've removed the maximize and menu buttons
swapped the order of the minimize and close
and finally added a spacer in between the 2.

Why? I've never use the maximize I always double click the titlebar which I've set as maximize. I never use the menu button.
As for why I swapped the order, When you own an optical mouse and a cat.. you tend to realize quick how jumpy a cursor can be. Anytime I hair would get under the mouse it would ever-so-often jump to a corner of the screen.. a few of those times it would jump up into the upper right hand, right as I was clicking.. This would close the window. Swapping the order made it so the worst that would ever happen was it just minimized. The Space was added to avoid accidentally closing the window instead of minimizing.

I've now ran with this for over a year and I'll never go back. Absolutely love this setup.

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