[k__]

Windows to open spaces in my back? No thanks...

[hga]

I'd assume that if that made you paranoid like it would me, you could mostly cover them up, or the parts that let other people view you.

Added: Max_Horstmann's put them at your left or right approach also works for me.

[Max_Horstmann]

You can move the desk around. My "window" is on my left.

[k__]

Don't you feel like in a terrarium?

[Max_Horstmann]

Yes.

[k__]

:(

[Max_Horstmann]

JK. It's by far the best office I've ever had.

[couchand]

The transparency of the window is a weakness. Some folks have started putting up posters and curtains.

But the real issue is that they transmit basically all the sound. Fortunately there usually aren't conversations going on just outside people's offices, but if two people are talking while walking down the hall or the person in the next office is yelling at folks on hangout, it's not much quieter than a cubicle.