Subj : OS/2
To   : Bob Worm
From : Roon
Date : Mon Nov 13 2023 20:59:38

Hello Bob,

12 Nov 23 08:55, you wrote to 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. :-)

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

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

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

+1, OSX is the best *nix desktop

Regards,
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dp

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