Subj : Re: OS/2
To   : Elf
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Nov 12 2023 08:55:16

  Re: Re: OS/2
  By: Elf to BOB WORM on Sat Nov 11 2023 14:40:00

Hi, Elf.

 > But, I found myself fixing too many things too many times. But what I
 > loved about it, is buttons were clearly buttons, borders around windows
 > clearly were visible, etc. I like having an interface I can see. :-)

This is why I switched from Linux as a daily OS to Mac - everything just works and I still have a proper shell. Except some very nerdy stuff where I need to fall back to Linux, which I can do by tunneling X Windows through SSH.

The GUI elements are very consistent on Mac so they look like what they are to me, possibly I've just got used to them. I don't miss the window borders, they remind me of clunky old Windows versions and for me they're wasted space - I do get annoyed by the rounded corners on Mac Windows, though - sometimes it eats into the content of the window which is... kind of unforgivable!

For some strange reason I'm fascinated by the way screen grabbing a full window also grabs the window's shadow, complete with alpha channel. It does look nice when you put the image into documentation, though.

BobW
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