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by mnw21cam 4334 days ago
Agreed. But more to the point, I'd like to know what idiot decided it would be great to put a close button right next to the maximise and minimise buttons. It's a disaster just waiting for a mis-click. Since Win95, everyone else has copied this particular feature.

First thing I do whenever I do a new Linux install is put the close button on its own on the left where it belongs.
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atrilumen 4334 days ago
On Linux I always eliminate window decoration. I don't even like to have borders, let alone buttons I never use.

I really wish I could do the same on Mac.

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mnw21cam 4334 days ago
That's actually not such a bad idea. I have just a single pixel border around the left/right/bottom at the moment, just so I can see the edge of overlapping terminal windows. I have to say I wouldn't miss the titlebar much either.
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anon4 4333 days ago
If you notice, there's some space left between the maximise and close, so they're more like _[]...X

Plus, you can maximise/restore by double-clicking the titlebar which is a larger target and I expect most users learn that and almost never touch the actual button.

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