On Thu, 2014-08-14 at 23:37 -0400, Adam Batkin wrote: > * The default theme uses a lot of extra empty space around UI > controls > and also as part of window titlebars. Sure, it's pretty, but you lose > a > TON of useful space. Open something like Eclipse on a Mac and compare > with Gnome and see how much extra "stuff" you can see on the Mac > (hint: > Apple has found a way to make the UI both pretty AND functional even > on > screens with limited vertical pixels). This is a valid point. Adwaita only works well on high-resolution monitors. KDE is able to fit way more functionality into the same amount of space, while still looking good. > Oh, and when I tried another > theme that had less blank space around Window titlebars, it turned out > that some windows use some new Gnome API which draws the titlebars > differently, so those windows still look like they are using Adwaita Sounds like a theme that was never updated for GTK+ 3.10, or not updated properly. Header bars can be themed. The only challenge is that your WM theme must match your GTK+ theme, otherwise they will look out of place next to the WM's decorations used by other apps.
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